During the 2014 annexation of Crimea, unmarked masked soldiers were filmed operating alongside Russian sympathizers, and in ...

Russia has rapidly expanded its military presence in Libya, an investigation has found, sparking alarm at a time of heightened tensions between Moscow and the West amid the war in Ukraine. Citing ...

Former Russian mercenary and Wagner leader the late Yevgeny Prigozhin. The Wagner Group is a private military company (PMC) with operations in Africa that was tied to the late Russian mercenary ...

Wagner Group has been replaced by a new entity known as Russia's Africa Corps across its key strongholds in the continent, its new leader has confirmed. The infamous mercenary organization's founders, ...

Mercenaries from the Wagner Group, a Russian paramilitary organization seen as being close to Vladimir Putin, are fighting in Libya, UN diplomats said Wednesday, citing an experts' report on the ...

Russia, aiming to expand its influence in Africa, plans to create expeditionary forces consisting of 20,000 mercenaries, replacing the Wagner Private Military Company's fighters. Quote: "The Africa ...

(Reuters) - A Russian drive to recruit Syrians to fight in Libya for militia leader Khalifa Haftar accelerated in May when hundreds of mercenaries were signed up, five Syrian opposition sources and a ...

In May 2023, 15 months after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, Yevgeniy Prigozhin had had enough. The founder of the Wagner Group, a mercenary outfit often utilized by President Vladimir ...

The paramilitary contractor has an established presence in a number of politically unstable African nations. "The Africa Corps consists of mercenaries and volunteers, and does not form part of the ...