The Exploited

Up Against Trafficking is aimed at protecting victims of the Boko Haram insurgency in northeast Nigeria from being exploited by human traffickers.

[Philip Obaji Jr. @PhilipObaji]

Africa’s largest uranium producer could soon hand Russia a major foothold in its nuclear ambitions

https://t.co/unCVtAlh5v

[Philip Obaji Jr. @PhilipObaji]

Putin's Secret Gateway to Sahel: Russia Secures Togo Port Corridors

https://t.co/gOEy2bWvik

[Philip Obaji Jr. @PhilipObaji]

Russia is expanding its military reach across Africa’s Sahel through an “air shadow fleet” of state and private aircraft supplying operations in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger

https://t.co/0IlNEhtCLa

[Philip Obaji Jr. @PhilipObaji]

Mali’s Tuareg rebels reveal contacts with Russia’s Africa Corps and seek Türkiye’s role

https://t.co/4fOj4NH1Yl

[Philip Obaji Jr. @PhilipObaji]

Russia takes Africa once again

https://t.co/GtlwSUf9kF

[Philip Obaji Jr. @PhilipObaji]

Russian fighters in Africa have used farmlands as rape sites, killed villagers to seize gold & tortured those who tried to speak. I’ve documented these crimes. They had me arrested & beaten. I won’t stop. Help me continue this investigation. Please donate
https://t.co/xpf0nNpWpF

[Philip Obaji Jr. @PhilipObaji]

At least 3,066 Africans from 40 countries have been recruited into Russia’s armed forces since October 2022, with 502 documented as killed in action by June 2026, in an operation that has drawn nationals from across the continent into the war in Ukraine

https://t.co/Xib7C1bOuY

[Philip Obaji Jr. @PhilipObaji]

Russia is set to open more cultural centres in Africa as it seeks to broaden its influence. The centres will promote the Russian language, education, science and culture, while supporting various projects, Russia's humanitarian agency says.

https://t.co/6yZxPxQ9T6

[Philip Obaji Jr. @PhilipObaji]

Russia’s spy game is as intense as ever. And a new type of agent has emerged.

https://t.co/KFEc4ROOG2

[Philip Obaji Jr. @PhilipObaji]

A Russian-backed financial network with operations in Africa moved more than $6.9 billion through international banks using front companies and forged documents, according to a Financial Times investigation

https://t.co/Hsq94N2Xed

[Philip Obaji Jr. @PhilipObaji]

War without an army: how Russia uses "expendable agents" and migration crises, including via Belarus

https://t.co/QQcpyiq6Jo

[Philip Obaji Jr. @PhilipObaji]

Russia’s attacks on Europe are getting more brazen and more dangerous

https://t.co/lhFI9Omr9t

[Philip Obaji Jr. @PhilipObaji]

Putin weaponizing migration to destabilize Europe, Kyiv says

https://t.co/LtCZrTU9It

[Philip Obaji Jr. @PhilipObaji]

‘Putin aims to trigger migration to Europe through food crisis’

https://t.co/tVjUwqobFy

[Philip Obaji Jr. @PhilipObaji]

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is reportedly planning a missile strike on a NATO country
https://t.co/mXXSKSeGDg

[Philip Obaji Jr. @PhilipObaji]

My commitment to combat Foreign Information Manipulation & Interference is strong. I’m proud to announce that the Obaji Foundation is offering a 5-day fully residential counter-disinformation capacity-building workshop for Nigerian journalists. Apply here:
https://t.co/doPG1sZR61

[Philip Obaji Jr. @PhilipObaji]

When I started to uncover foreign-sponsored disinfo in Africa, I made a pledge to fight it. Today, the Obaji Foundation is bringing together journalists from Nigeria who will be trained on how to counter this threat. I’ve kept my promise. That’s how to act
https://t.co/doPG1sZR61

[Philip Obaji Jr. @PhilipObaji]

Russia is hiring African operators for troll farms & influence work targeting Europe. Fake accounts based in Ghana and Nigeria have been used to inflame Dutch politics, magnify migration anxiety, and push anti-EU narratives. African labour is being folded into Russia’s hybrid war

[Philip Obaji Jr. @PhilipObaji]

Russia has weaponized migration, manipulating migrant flows to destabilize and pressure NATO allies.

https://t.co/KbSEbKGDTg

[Philip Obaji Jr. @PhilipObaji]

Ukraine is fighting Russia anywhere it can – even in the deserts of Africa

https://t.co/w8iZIvVdV7