Tag: Wagner Group
Special mention for Wagner Group in SIPRI conflict report
Last year saw more multilateral peace operations conducted than in any year during the previous decade research by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute...
The face of the modern mercenary
In Frederick Forsyth’s 1974 novel, “The Dogs of War,” a band of mercenaries slips into a small, fictional African nation at the direction of...
Africom concerned about Chinese expansion into Africa
The US military’s Africa Command says it is concerned about Chinese expansion into Africa and instances where China is exploiting African countries.
General Stephen J...
International community will stop supporting Mali if it brings in mercenaries...
France warned Mali on Thursday that it would lose the support of the international community if it agreed a deal with Russian mercenaries.
Diplomatic and...
UN experts alarmed by Russian security contractors’ ‘abuses’ in Central Africa
UN experts expressed alarm on Wednesday over reports of executions and other abuses by Russian security contractors in Central African Republic and over their...
US says Russia sent more equipment to Libyan front lines
Russia appears to be sending more military equipment to its mercenaries in Libya, including the flashpoint city of Sirte, in breach of an arms...
US raises concern over Russia’s Wagner Group complicating Libyan ceasefire efforts
The United States military has raised concerns that Russia’s Wagner Group is laying landmines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in and around Tripoli, complicating...
Thousand plus Russian military group personnel in Libya – UN
Russian private military contractor Wagner Group has up to 1 200 people deployed in Libya, strengthening the forces of eastern-based military leader Khalifa Haftar,...
Russian clinic treated mercenaries injured in secret wars
A St Petersburg clinic run and partly owned by people with ties to President Vladimir Putin provided medical treatment to Russian mercenaries injured abroad,...
