mercenary group Wagner

Russian mercenaries are Putin’s ‘coercive tool’ in Africa

The Wagner Group passes itself off as a private military contractor and the Kremlin denies any connection to it or even, sometimes, that it exists
In sub-Saharan Africa, Wagner has gained substantial footholds for Russia in Central African Republic, Sudan and Mali

By AP · 23 April 2022

By AFP · 15 November 2021