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According to the UN, ‘at least 500 people’ were executed in Moura by the Malian army and Wagner. © FLORENT VERGNES / AFP.

Wagner, Africa’s new looters

Wagner, Africa’s new looters

Beyond its military activities alongside the armed forces of CAR and Mali, the Russian mercenary group Wagner has been chasing economic gains.

Yevgeny Prigozhin and the President of the Transition in Mali, Assimi Goïta. © MONTAGE JA: OUSMANE MAKAVELI/AFP; Pool /Wagner Group/ZUMA Press/ZUMA-REA
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Yevgeny Prigozhin and the CAR’s President Faustin-Archange Touadéra © MONTAGE JA: BARBARA DEBOUT/AFP; Pool /Wagner Group/ZUMA Press/ZUMA-REA
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