Human rights abuses and anti-democratic disinformation are hallmarks of Wagner, other mercenary groups in Africa

Private military contractors have developed into worldwide high-stakes businesses, with the Wagner Group smuggling gold out of Sudan to the tune of $130bn annually. However, there has been a deafening silence from the African Union and influential ...

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