Basically Ukraine had a lot of small "security" (mercenary) groups post 2014. In the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war, those group were basically told "please go oppose Wagner in Africa", and some found themselves in Soudan (and other in Armenia). I'm not sure if now they're paid by local forces. I don't have any information post-war though, my friend left the comapny and came back in France since the war.
The flip flopping list of allies and opponents is a tangible primer on the last couple of years in geopolitics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_Support_Forces
And: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Mission_in_Sout...
But the scale of the conflict is beyond all comprehension. And capacity to make a difference outside of proxy funding by state actors is minimal.
is kind of not in the article or it's title.
Iran 3.5 million
Türkiye 2.9 million
Colombia 2.8 million
Germany 2.7 million
Uganda 1.8 million
Pakistan 1.6 million
Chad 1.3 million
Poland 1 million
Ethiopia 1 million
Bangladesh 1 million
Source: UNCHR, https://www.unhcr.org/refugee-statistics
If war breaks out in Finland there will be a swell of Finnish refugees entering Sweden and Norway but I do not foresee them flying halfway across the globe to request asylum in Afghanistan even if that country were to be flourishing then. Why, then, is the opposite seen as normal?