An official says a Kenyan UN peacekeeper has been killed in an ambush in the far east of the Central African Republic.

Before his 2023 death in a suspicious plane crash, Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin had built a sprawling, ...

As Western powers retreat from the Sahel, Russian mercenaries are using social media, influencers and crowdfunding to expand ...

“They kill people very indiscriminately,” said Héni Nsaibia, West Africa senior analyst ... of abuses have increased since Wagner entered the picture. The mercenaries have adopted “dirty- ...

“They kill people very indiscriminately,” said Héni Nsaibia, West Africa senior analyst ... of abuses have increased since Wagner entered the picture. The mercenaries have adopted “dirty- ...

The Wagner Group is a private military company (PMC) with operations in Africa that was tied to the late Russian mercenary Yevgeny Prigozhin. The PMC have been deployed by various African ...

The project focuses on how the Wagner Group's business model, backed by Russian state support, is fostering instability and expanding Russian influence in Africa and in the Middle East. The project ...

Wagner, an unofficial private security company linked to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, is becoming increasingly active in the continent and is a key player in Sudan and the CAR. From Khartoum to ...

While it might be too early to assess the effects the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin and other leaders on the Wagner Group's operations in Africa, some analysts say there will be short-term disruptions.

Most Wagner businesses in Africa center on natural resources like gold, diamonds and timber. But in 2022 the Russian paramilitary group started a brewery in the Central African Republic as a way ...