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How Wagner, Prigozhin teamed up with the CAR’s diamond mafia

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Wagner, Africa’s new looters

By Mathieu Olivier

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Posted on July 7, 2023 07:00

 Yevgeny Prigozhin and the CAR’s President Faustin-Archange Touadéra © MONTAGE JA: BARBARA DEBOUT/AFP; Pool /Wagner Group/ZUMA Press/ZUMA-REA
Yevgeny Prigozhin and the CAR’s President Faustin-Archange Touadéra © MONTAGE JA: BARBARA DEBOUT/AFP; Pool /Wagner Group/ZUMA Press/ZUMA-REA

The Wagner group has taken control of the Central African diamond sector. We take a deep dive into a profoundly worrying and mysterious business

WAGNER, AFRICA’S NEW PLUNDERERS (1/2)

– Along with gold, coffee and timber, diamonds are a major source of Wagner’s funding in the CAR. The profits could amount to several tens of millions of euros.

– Between Bria, Bangui and Dubai, the Russian mercenary group relies in particular on the Nassours, a Lebanese family with a long history in Central Africa.

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