It is easy to understand what African rulers see in the mercenary group Wagner. Its fighters can be deployed quickly. It brings sophisticated arms with it and can apply force speedily and ruthlessly.
Russian President Putin told Wagner Group s chief to go to Belarus after a deal to end an armed uprising, but former CNN Moscow bureau chief Jill Dougherty says he remains a traitor and a threat.
Russia accused the head of the powerful mercenary group Wagner of mounting an armed uprising and ordered his arrest as the growing animosity between rival Kremlin camps over the war in Ukraine spilled into open conflict.