‘Many people in the country seem happy to accept mercenaries in exchange for stability.’ James Pogue on the Wagner Group in the Central African Republic.
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin may be dead but witnesses say Russian paramilitaries still carried out a brutal slaughter to secure access to a gold mine.
ආයුබෝවන් Welcome to Friday, where Ukraine and Russia agree to a prisoner exchange, at least two Palestinian men are killed in an Israeli raid in the city of Nablus, and it really is getting hot in here. Meanwhile, Spanish monthly newspaper La Marea looks at the Wagner group’s formula for cashing i.
The Wagner mercenaries, who came to the world's attention for their involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and more recently in the coup attempt, have been operating in Africa and elsewhere for years with a profitable formula to cash in on ongoing conflict.