00:02Cameroonians took to the streets of Yaounde on Wednesday to pose a clandestine recruitment of
00:07relatives into the Russian army to fight in the war in Ukraine. According to a report published
00:13by the All Eyes on Wagner Collective, at least 1,417 Africans have been recruited into the Russian
00:20army and more than 300 have so far died. Lured by promises of job in Russia, these young men have
00:27found themselves on the front line in Ukraine plunging the families into despair. I lost one
00:34son, the last of five children. I want my son to be returned to me, whatever his condition. Even if
00:43he is disabled, I cannot accept being told that he is dead when I have not seen his body. I
00:49have
00:50not been able to mourn him. I can only pray. Dispaired families are now demanding the repatriation
00:57of their loved ones. Joe Catherine has had no news of her husband for more than eight months.
01:04It has been nine months since I found out what happened to my husband. Whether he is alive or not,
01:10I cannot accept that he is dead because I have not seen his body. I believe he is still alive
01:15and if he
01:16is, I want Russia to bring my husband home. He was supposed to work as a cook, but when he
01:21arrived,
01:22he found himself on the front line. I want the truth about my husband. That is why I came out
01:27to
01:27protest. They bring back our sons and brothers collective which organized the march is calling
01:33on Cameroon and Russia to cooperate in dismantling the clandestine recruitment network. This march aims
01:40to draw the attention of the two friendly states, Russia and Cameroon, and urge them to do everything
01:46possible to dismantle the clandestine network that could take Cameroonian sons away. In February,
01:54Russia facilitated the return of 17 South Africans who had been fighting in Ukraine.
