AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoBurundians Recruited for Russia’s War: Ukrainian intelligence figures cited in reports say Russia recruited 699 Burundians from January to September, up from 30 in all of 2025. A UN inquiry separately accused Russian authorities of trafficking men from 29 countries through deception or coercion, and called for trafficked recruits to be discharged. Ndayishimiye’s Moscow Talks: President Évariste Ndayishimiye, African Union chair, is due to meet Vladimir Putin on October 29 during the Russia–Africa Summit, as concerns grow over African citizens being recruited to fight in Ukraine. Military Transfers: Twenty-one soldiers provisionally released after being detained for refusing deployment to eastern DRC were transferred to a military camp in Kayanza. Fertilizer Imports: Advocacy group PARCEM warned that new government rules for importing chemical fertilizers could replace an existing monopoly with control by a small group of operators.
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