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In 2018, the Russian private military company (PMC) Wagner deployed its personnel to the CAR, ostensibly to protect lucrative mines, support the CAR government, and provide close protection for the president, Faustin-Archange Touadéra. [40]
- What Is The Wagner Group?
- Where Does It Operate in Africa?
- What Does It do?
- Why Does It Matter?
Founded by Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner Group is a prominent Kremlin-linked private military company (PMC) [PDF]. It first emerged in 2014 during Russia’s annexation of Crimea and has since operated in Syria and at least a half dozen African countries. Rather than a single entity, Wagner is a complex network of businesses and m...
The Wagner Group has established operations in several African countries, where many of its operations focus on security issues. It has often provided security services and paramilitary assistance and launched disinformation campaigns for troubled regimes in exchange for resource concessions and diplomatic support. Wagner is most active in the Cent...
Wagner’s services vary based on the needs of its clients, which include rebel groups and regimes, and its funding ranges from direct payment to resource concessions. Combat operations. Wagner troops have supported African governments in combat operations against rebel groups, and vice versa. Approximately one thousand Wagner troops entered CAR in 2...
Wagner’s status as a PMC limits the financial costs of Russian intervention and gives the Kremlin plausible deniability, allowing it to hide personnel losses from the Russian public while simultaneously using Russian military infrastructure. In return, Prigozhin has emerged as a prominent figurein the war in Ukraine and among the Russian public. In...
Wagner in Africa: How the Russian mercenary group has rebranded. AFP. Russia is offering governments in Africa a "regime survival package" in exchange for access to strategically important...
Mar 18, 2022 · Since it rose to prominence after its involvement in the Syrian Civil War alongside the Assad regime, Wagner Group, a Russian-owned Private Military Contractor (PMC), has expanded its footprint into Africa.
Dec 23, 2022 · Across its major deployments in Africa, Wagner experienced varying levels of success, including outright failure in Mozambique, where the PMC struggled with counterinsurgency operations before being replaced by a more experienced South African PMC in 2020, less than a year after its mission began.
Sep 8, 2023 · 2022, PMC Wagner has made headlines for its human rights abuses, swift violence, and ability to conduct irregular and hybrid war practices outside international norms. Though it didn’t become well-known until 2022, Wagner has been active in as many as 18 countries in Africa since as early as 2010. Its exploits have varied
Feb 10, 2023 · The Russian quasi-private military group has established a foothold from Ukraine to Africa. by Alessandro Arduino. An increasing media galore is witnessing the discussion of the role of...
