# EP 117: African Fighters in Russia-Ukraine War- Jan-Ole Voss

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Podcast: [Conflict & Development in Africa Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/conflict-development-in-africa-podcast-6690680)
Published: 2026-03-03T22:40:20+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mikelon/episodes/EP-117-African-Fighters-in-Russia-Ukraine-War--Jan-Ole-Voss-e3ft8ms
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Duration seconds: 2787

## Resource

In this week’s episode, Jan-Ole Voss, Deputy Head of the Kenyan Office and Project Manager at the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Foundation in Nairobi, joins me to discuss African fighters fighting in the Russia-Ukraine war. We discuss the “deceptive” and “illegal” recruitment of African fighters and the implications for Russia-Africa relations and other related issues.

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