Dakar-based research centre says the completed transition from the Wagner paramilitary group to Africa Corps is ...

Along with the CAR, they have partnered with regimes in Mali, Libya, and Sudan, often stepping in as a security partner where Western influence has waned. In Mali, Wagner and the Malian army were ...

A new report from the Timbuktu Institute sheds light on Russia’s latest move in the Sahel. The transition from the shadowy ...

At the same time, Wagner has been accused of helping to carry out raids and drone strikes that have killed civilians. The group has had an estimated 1,000 fighters in Mali.

Putin has denied he is seeking to oust Western influence in Africa, amid claims his military intelligence arm has taken over activities of Wagner group.

After the Wagner Group reconstituted itself earlier this year, including renaming itself the Africa Corps, Kremlin officials seem unsure of the group’s next steps and its role within Russia’s ...

Russia’s notorious Wagner Group is deepening its influence across Africa through a sprawling network of military, security, and disinformation operations aimed at dislodging Western influence ...

Soldiers from the Wagner Group have helped Vladimir Putin advance his aim of restoring Russian power in Africa. But on the ground, they’ve learned hard lessons.

According to U.S. officials, there are around 2,000 mercenaries in Mali. It is unclear how many are with Wagner and how many are part of the Africa Corps.

The analysis shows that Moscow has rebranded the Wagner group as the expeditionary corps of the GRU, Russia's military intelligence agency, with a target of recruiting a further 40,000 troops to ...

The Russian mercenary group Wagner suffered its heaviest loss in Africa’s Sahel region late last week following an attack that was launched separately by both local and al-Qaida-linked rebels.

Dozens of Wagner mercenaries were killed by jihadis and rebels over the weekend in northern Mali in what one analyst describes as the largest battleground blow to the shadowy Russian group in years.