Le Monde: Central African Republic says abuses have been perpetrated by rebels, but also by its own army and allied Russian instructors

Le Monde: Central African Republic says abuses have been perpetrated by rebels, but also by its own army and allied Russian instructors

When the UN report was published, the Central African government considered these accusations to be “mere denunciations”. Le Monde – October 01, 2021 Original article Six months after the release of an UN report accusing Russian mercenaries of abuses in CAR, the government acknowledged part of the facts on Friday through the voice of its…

BBC: Scale of Russian mercenary mission in Libya exposed

BBC: Scale of Russian mercenary mission in Libya exposed

August 11, 2021 By Ilya Barabanov & Nader IbrahimBBC News Russian & BBC News Arabic Original Article A BBC investigation has revealed the scale of operations by a shadowy Russian mercenary group in Libya’s civil war, which includes links to war crimes and the Russian military. A Samsung tablet left by a fighter for the…

The spy story behind Wagner in Africa

The spy story behind Wagner in Africa

The private military company (PMC) Wagner Group has secretly woven its web in Africa. The mercenaries have gained influence with opaque dealings, gradually increasing the areas in which the group is operating. The Wagner Group is an informal network of companies revolving around private security, but also involved in mining, communication, propaganda, diplomacy, technologies and…

Russian mercenaries in the CAR accused of murder and rape
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Russian mercenaries in the CAR accused of murder and rape

Lenta.ru – Varvara Koshechkina – May 20, 2021 Original Article Russian mercenaries stationed in the Central African Republic (CAR) to support government forces have been implicated in killings and rapes. They were accused of this by VICE World News, which collected a number of evidence of war crimes of Russians against the local population. At…

Russian Mercenaries Rape and Murder Civilians They’ve Been Hired to Protect.
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Russian Mercenaries Rape and Murder Civilians They’ve Been Hired to Protect.

An investigation by Vice uncovers human rights violations committed by mercenaries of the Wagner Group. Together with local forces they are supposed to train, they rape and murder local civilians. Julia Steers – Vice – May 19; 2021 Original Article The Wagner Group was hired to protect the population in the Central African Republic. However,…

Anadolu: Mercenaries from PMC "Wagner" torture and kill civilians of the CAR

Mercenaries from a Russian company committed atrocities in a mosque in the city of Bambari Ahmet Emin Dönmez, Elmira Ekberova – 07 May 2021 Original Article ANKARA Mercenaries from the Russian PMC Wagner “raped women and children, killed and tortured” civilians of the Central African Republic (CAR) during the attack on the al-Tagwa mosque in…

DW: UN suspects Russian mercenaries of crimes in the CAR

The Russian military in the CAR kill and rob civilians, reports International French Radio, citing eyewitnesses. According to sources, there are from 800 to 2200 Russian mercenaries in this country. DW – Sergey Romashenko – May 05, 2021 Original Article Russian mercenaries in the Central African Republic (CAR), fighting on the side of government troops,…

"When the Russians came, they took everything."

"When the Russians came, they took everything."

In the CAR, both local and Chinese suffer from the “Wagnerites” That’s Right – Evgeny Chernukhin – 03 May 2021 Original article Russians took everything in Central African Republic. In the Central African Republic, government troops, supported by Russian mercenaries from the Wagner PMC, are pushing back the rebels, establishing their control over more and…

RFI: In the Central African Republic, victims of Russian abuses break the code of silence

RFI: In the Central African Republic, victims of Russian abuses break the code of silence

RFI – May 2021 Original article The brutal methods of Russian “instructors” fighting alongside the Central African army are causing increasing fear and concern. On March 31, the United Nations Working Group on Mercenaries warned of a long series of serious human rights abuses attributed to them. RFI had access to numerous confidential documents and…

OpenDemocracy: How long can Russia outsource atrocities abroad?

OpenDemocracy: How long can Russia outsource atrocities abroad?

A murder in Syria might finally prove that the Kremlin is responsible for human rights violations by the Wagner Group of Russian mercenaries Ilya Nuzov – Open Democracy – 26 March 2021 Original Article In June 2017, a video emerged online of several Russian-speaking men in camouflage uniforms beating an unarmed civilian with a sledgehammer,…