Nigeria warns against enlisting to fight in Ukraine
Reports indicate that some nationals were enticed with promises of well-paid employment, security work, only to find themselves thrust into active war zones.
As talks start in Geneva on Ukraine, some African countries warn their citizens against enlisting to fight abroad. Investigations and security reports indicate that some Nigerian nationals were enticed with promises of well-paid employment, security work, educational opportunities or migration incentives, only to find themselves thrust into active war zones.
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said his country will neither repatriate nor provide assistance to a group of Australians in Syria associated with the Islamic State group - we'll speak to an Australian security analyst.
And we have an interview with Hillary Clinton in which the former US Secretary of State tells the BBC that she believes there's been a "cover-up" by the Trump administration in relation to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
(Photo: Russian prisoners of war (POWs) and foreign nationals captured while fighting for Russia; Credit: Maria Senovilla/EPA/Shutterstock)
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