The Russian Ministry of Defense’s (MOD) African Corps, created in December 2023, consists of more than 2,000 regular soldiers and officers, as well as experienced mercenaries, many of whom ...

The presence of Russian mercenaries in Africa was once hailed as a success story, but recently the pressure on them has ...

In Africa, Russia-controlled Africa Corps influence extends beyond the battlefield into the economic sphere, where it engages in tactics that amount to economic warfare. This strategy ...

As Western powers retreat from the Sahel, Russian mercenaries are using social media, influencers and crowdfunding to expand ...

The claim is false. Russian military involvement in C.A.R. formally started in 2018, with the Kremlin-backed mercenary group Wagner, now rebranded Africa Corps, a unit under the command of the ...

now rebranded as Africa Corps, said Lisa Klaassen at The New Statesman. Countries in western and central Africa have been "neglected" by the West, and Russia has ostensibly been "walking through ...

Mercenaries from the Wagner Group, a Russian private military company that had been operating in Libya since at least 2018, were supplanted in 2024 by the Africa Corps, a unit under the direct ...

In the Central African Republic (CAR), Russia has deployed private military contractors from the Wagner Group, recently rebranded to Africa Corps, to protect the ruling regime and secure access to ...