Moscow seeks to swap Wagner for Africa Corps, under the Russian Defense Ministry’s control. • New deal would require CAR to pay billions of CFA francs for security services. • Request comes as ...

Mali Army Leaders Arrest Soldiers Allegedly Planning to Remove Them From PowerMali's military government has arrested many soldiers who were planning to remove the current leaders from power. The ...

Russia's Defense Ministry reportedly demanded cash payments for security services, marking a sharp departure from previous ...

Senior Editor for Medafrica Times and former journalist for Swiss National Television. former NGO team leader in Burundi and ...

Officials in the Central African Republic have said that Russia has called on the country to replace the private Wagner ...

Officials in the Central African Republic have said that Russia has called on the country to replace the private Wagner ...

The Central African Republic is facing pressure from Russia to replace the private Wagner mercenary group with Moscow's ...

Dakar-based research centre says the completed transition from the Wagner paramilitary group to Africa Corps is ‘consolidating Russian influence in the Sahel’ and warns of abuses likely to provoke ...

For their services, the Wagner Group and now Africa Corps are often paid directly in gold or in mining concessions, according to Alex Vines of the London-based Chatham House think-tank.

The interim president’s visit to Moscow come shortly after Russia’s paramilitary Wagner group was replaced in Mali by its successor Africa Corps.

Since Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in a plane crash in 2023, Moscow has been developing a new organization, the Africa Corps, as a rival force under direct command of Russian ...

The International Criminal Court is reviewing a confidential legal report arguing that the Russia-linked Wagner group has committed war crimes by spreading images of apparent atrocities in West ...