𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐠𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭: 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡? Let’s say it plainly. If the Alabuga Start program is thriving, it’s not just because of Russia. It’s also because our African g0vernments have accepted and in some cases even encouraged the idea of sending our youth to be exploited. They are not protecting their citizens. They are facilitating their export. In Kenya, an investigation by ZAM revealed that a g0vernment min!stry subsidized an agency sending young people to vague destinations in Russia. In Malawi, an official referred to the “profitability” of young people sent abroad, as if they were an export product. Everywhere, the same pattern repeats itself: g0vernments signing deals, looking away, ignoring the warnings. None of our questions about Alabuga have been answered. Why such complacency ? Because Generation Z scares them. It is large, educated, connected. It sees through manipulation, corruption, and police violence. It demands accountability, disrupts established orders, and calls for real dem0cracy. Faced with this force, aging authoritarian regimes prefer to offer an “exit” rather than a solution. Sending young people away becomes an elegant way to neutralize dissent. Russia knows exactly how to exploit this p0litical vacuum. It offers African leaders an alliance that absorbs social frustration while strengthening their own repressive machinery. Weapons, drones, surveillance, an exchange that turns our g0vernments into silent partners of a predatory system. Meanwhile, continental institutions, the African Union, ECOWAS, SADC, EAC, and others remain silent. They could impose protection mechanisms, investigate recruitment networks, defend citizens. But they do nothing. This is why we speak of complicity. Because Africa is not only a victim of Alabuga, it is allowing its youth to be handed over. And as long as this silent pact continues, our daughters and sons will remain the first to pay the price. #AlabugaStart #AlabugaStop #AfricanVoices

𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐠𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭: 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡? Let’s say it plainly. If the Alabuga Start program is thriving, it’s not just because of Russia. It’s also because our African g0vernments have accepted and in some cases even encouraged the idea of sending our youth to be exploited. They are not protecting their citizens. They are facilitating their export. In Kenya, an investigation by ZAM revealed that a g0vernment min!stry subsidized an agency sending young people to vague destinations in Russia. In Malawi, an official referred to the “profitability” of young people sent abroad, as if they were an export product. Everywhere, the same pattern repeats itself: g0vernments signing deals, looking away, ignoring the warnings. None of our questions about Alabuga have been answered. Why such complacency ? Because Generation Z scares them. It is large, educated, connected. It sees through manipulation, corruption, and police violence. It demands accountability, disrupts established orders, and calls for real dem0cracy. Faced with this force, aging authoritarian regimes prefer to offer an “exit” rather than a solution. Sending young people away becomes an elegant way to neutralize dissent. Russia knows exactly how to exploit this p0litical vacuum. It offers African leaders an alliance that absorbs social frustration while strengthening their own repressive machinery. Weapons, drones, surveillance, an exchange that turns our g0vernments into silent partners of a predatory system. Meanwhile, continental institutions, the African Union, ECOWAS, SADC, EAC, and others remain silent. They could impose protection mechanisms, investigate recruitment networks, defend citizens. But they do nothing. This is why we speak of complicity. Because Africa is not only a victim of Alabuga, it is allowing its youth to be handed over. And as long as this silent pact continues, our daughters and sons will remain the first to pay the price. #AlabugaStart #AlabugaStop #AfricanVoices