Wagner group rebranded as Russia’s Africa Corps. It is set to expand across the Sahel states, the CAR, and Libya.
China prepared on Monday to host representatives of 130 countries for a forum that will be overshadowed by the Israel-Gaza war, as an increasingly assertive Beijing is asked to help de-escalate the violence. Beijing has…
Eritrea’s Mao-reading president used to seem like a relic. Now Issaias Afwerki is on a roll. Eritrea is emerging as the unlikely powerbroker in the Horn of Africa. More prominent leaders are courting him. In…
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations is in the throes of what Secretary-General António Guterres calls an “unprecedented” six-month exit from Mali on orders of the West African nation’s military junta, which has brought in…
Patriot, traitor, martyr … legacy of Prigozhin is still unwritten. In a 2018 documentary, Vladimir Putin answers instantly when asked if there is anything he cannot forgive. “Betrayal,” he says with no hesitation. Wagner mercenary…
After months of deliberations, six new nations have become the new members of the bloc including Iran, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Ethiopia, Egypt and UAE – this was announced by the host Cyril Ramaphosa in the…
The purported demise of Prigozhin has garnered significant media attention. Yet it’s good to realize there has been only hearsay and no actual footage that proved the man was alive after his car drove of…
Divisions re-emerge ahead of critical expansion debate. China and Russia are eager to expand. India, Brazil and South Africa fear diluted influence and power imbalance. Reuters, BRICS leaders met on Tuesday to plot the future…
High-stakes arm-wrestling over the future of Niger and the cloud of the Economic Community of West African States. The region is divided, but the African Union stands with ECOWAS on the coup d’ etat in…
Although we have seen no indication that Yevgeniy Prigozhin is still alive (we very much doubt it and think we’ll never find his remains), this is an interesting read about the possible future of the…
The official Russian news agency, TASS, reported on the Wagner group’s activities in Africa. Units of the controversial private military company rescued 12 Chinese miners from militants.
In an analysis of the Wagner group in Africa, Graham Harrison argues that Western coverage on the group’s activities on the continent characterises it as an extension of the Kremlin’s violent and venal cronyism and…
