Russia’s Alabuga special economic zone, a major site of drone production since 2023, is luring young African women with the promise of vocational education. Little do they know they are being ...

Russian companies are widening their campaign to find young African women to help fill a labor shortage, heightening concern many are being deployed in Moscow’s war effort in Ukraine. The latest drive ...

Interpol in Botswana began investigating Alabuga Start, billed in Africa as a work-study program in Russia for "ambitious young women" but linked to the production of military drones, for possible ...

Concern is mounting over alleged Russian job scams and South African influencers promoting the Alabuga Start programme. As unemployment continues to rise among youth in South Africa, the need to grasp ...

Jennifer Mathers does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Assembling Iranian drones in a Russian factory is an unusual option for a work-study programme. Few students or migrant workers, however desperate or foolhardy, would willingly sign up to become a ...