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‘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.

From Sudan to Mauritania, regional and global powers are jockeying for position on the continent.

From Sudan to Mauritania, regional and global powers are jockeying for position on the continent.

A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the weekend.

After their boss Yevgeny Prigozhin led them in a failed mutiny, Wagner mercenary troops left Ukraine and were on the outer in Russia. Prigozhin set their sights on Africa, and he was seen there days before a deadly plane crash that had him listed as a passenger.

The United Kingdom government has been heavily criticized by Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee for underestimating the growth of Russia’s Wagner private mercenary group, despite it posing a major threat to the country’s interests.

The United Kingdom government has been heavily criticized by Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee for underestimating the growth of Russia’s Wagner private mercenary group, despite it posing a major threat to the country’s interests.

Divisive vote in Central African Republic is first serious test for the mercenary group since Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mutiny

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

There's money to be made in chaos and the Russian private military contractor known as the Wagner Group knows how to capitalize on it.