Wagner Group

Moscow has sought to establish a greater presence in North and West Africa, and the “Russian Expeditionary Corps” is leading those efforts.

Despite the setbacks Russia faces in its ongoing invasion of Ukraine, Wagner Group mercenaries, which have rebranded as “Africa Corps” in certain areas, remain firmly entrenched across Africa. The group...

Summary and Key Points: One year ago today, the Wagner Group saga ended tragically when a bomb exploded on a private jet, killing its leaders, Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin....

Nowhere is pressure on the United States to reimagine its foreign policy more acutely felt than in Africa. Initially caught off guard by the unexpected reaction to the Russian invasion...

Summary and Key Points: Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has showcased bizarre combat scenarios, notably involving the Wagner Group private military company. A year ago, Yevgeny Prigozhin led over 8,000...

Despite the recent surge of Russian activity in the Sahel—the arrival of Russian troops in Niger in April, the presence of Africa Corps mercenaries in Burkina Faso (largely absorbing Wagner...

Russia is embattled in a major conflict in Ukraine. Currently, the Russian military is on the offensive and is gaining ground. The Kremlin has poured billions of dollars and hundreds...

Over the night of February 28, 2024, a confusing and violent coup unfolded in the North-Central African nation of Chad. Following an announcement concerning the timetable of upcoming presidential elections,...

Vladimir Putin confirmed his candidacy for a fifth term as Russian president on December 8 at a medal-awarding ceremony for soldiers returning from Ukraine. He did so in an entirely...

The lessons-learned doctrine from the war in Ukraine is yet to be written, but the conflict has clearly demonstrated how paramilitary forces, such as Russia’s Wagner Private Military Company (better...

Vladislav Surkov, an ex-aide to Vladimir Putin, claims that, under Putin, Russia entered a new historical era—“the long state of Putin,” in which it returned to “its natural and only...

An increasing media galore is witnessing the discussion of the role of Wagner Group, a Russian quasi-private military company (PMC), in the Ukrainian conflict. The Wagner Groups’smercenaries are popping up...