Russia’s Africa Summit — and a Future for Wagner

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 Wagner group in Africa.

According to this commentary, the Wagner group’s chief is campaigning to keep his roles in Africa following his mutiny in Russia.

By Heather Ashby, Ph.D.;  James Rupert;  Kirtika Sharad.

Ever since Russia’s Wagner mercenary group jolted Vladimir Putin’s regime with its brief mutiny in Russia, foggy uncertainty has surrounded Wagner’s future roles — whether domestically, as part of Putin’s web of armed forces, as a fighting force in Ukraine, or as a Kremlin tool of influence and profit in Africa.

The past week offers the most prominent sign yet of how Wagner’s flamboyant chief, Yevgeniy Prigozhin, is pressing to retain an African role. While mostly shoved out of public view, Prigozhin was able to appear at Putin’s Russia-Africa Summit to meet African contacts and re-declare his relevance.

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