Wagner group mercenaries: Why are they still in Africa?
Group boosts of sophisticated weapons and can apply force speedily and ruthlessly.
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Group boosts of sophisticated weapons and can apply force speedily and ruthlessly.
Wagner is likely to continue to bring misery to the African continent in multiple forms, suggests a study.
Wagner has assisted rebel leader Khalifa Hiftar’s Libyan Arab Armed Forces GettyImagesIt 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. Alternative sources of military muscle have flaws: United Nations missions lack robust mandates; African Union (AU) forces lack the arms and motivation; European Union interveners bear the legacy of colonial repres
Yevgeny V Prigozhin, the Russian tenderpreneur and leader of the notoriously violent and ruthless Wagner mercenary group that shook Moscow this weekend, is a terrible human being.
Thanks to Yevgeny Prigozhin’s revelations, it’s plain to see Russia’s involvement in Africa is for self-interest, not to help