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Putin’s private army ‘threatening poorly-trained troops with execution’, MoD claims

The feared Wagner Group is carrying out ‘brutal tactics’, the MoD has said

Evening Standard

Ally of Wagner Group boss hurt in ‘assassination attempt’ in central Africa

Dmitry Sytii under US sanctions for links to mercenary group founded by Yevgeny Prigozhin, who is close to Vladimir Putin

The Guardian - UK

Ghana-Burkina row over Russian Wagner mercenaries hits new heights

Burkina Faso on Friday recalled Ghana's ambassador to protest allegations that Ouagadougou invited Russian mercenaries of the Wagner Group to operate in the country. Meanwhile Wagner accused France of an attack in the Central African Republic.

Radio France Internationale

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Africa has peaceful polls in 2022 but hit by coups, droughts

Elections, coups, disease outbreaks and extreme weather are some of the main events that occurred across Africa in 2022

The Independent UK

Wagner Group allegedly given Burkina Faso mine in exchange for help fighting jihadi extremists

Burkina Faso allegedly makes an agreement with Russia's Wagner Group in which the mercenary outfit will help the West African country deal with surging jihadi violence in exchange for a mine.

ABC News

Burkina Faso contracts Russian mercenaries, alleges Ghana

Burkina Faso has allegedly made an agreement with Russia’s Wagner Group in which the shadowy mercenary outfit will help the West African country deal with surging jihadi violence in exchange for a mine

The Independent UK

Ukraine says it killed Wagner mercenaries, who are they?

Controversial armed group emerged from being a murky guns-for-hire enterprise to a public extension of the Russian army.

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Russia’s Wagner mercenaries targeted in hotel attack: Governor

Ukrainian governor Serhiy Haidai claimed a ‘huge number’ died in a strike on hotel where Russian mercenaries were based.

Al Jazeera

Neo-Nazi Russian militia appeals for intelligence on Nato member states

Move by Task Force Rusich raises fears of rogue paramilitary attacks on Baltic nations of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia

The Guardian - UK

US targets Russia mercenary group over religious freedom

The Biden administration has put a well-known Russian paramilitary organization on a list of religious freedom violators alongside a number of notorious terrorist organizations

The Independent UK

UK imposes fresh round of sanctions on Russian officials

Foreign Office targets 22 officials, including Denis Manturov, Russia’s deputy prime minister responsible for troop supplies

The Guardian - UK

Vladimir Putin orders prisoners to fight in Ukraine war or face brutal punishments

Lags were previously offered freedom deals if they joined the invasion, but the notorious Wagner Group of mercenaries has switched to more brutal recruitment tactics

Daily Mirror

How two Australian soldiers became unwitting poster boys for Russian mercenary Wagner Group's Ukraine recruitment drive

On a spring day in 2013, two Australian soldiers had their photograph taken in Afghanistan. Now the photo has resurfaced in a scheme to recruit mercenaries for Russia's invasion of Ukraine — all without the soldiers' knowledge.

ABC News

Emmanuel Macron accuses Russia of feeding disinformation in Africa

French president says Moscow is pursuing ‘predatory project’ to spread influence in African countries

The Guardian - UK

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Daily Mirror

Russian mercenaries unleash vacuum bombs that violently suck air out of lungs

The footage from Russian media site RIA shared the video alongside the caption: “Wagner Group fighters use Solntepek heavy flamethrower systems to hit Ukrainian forces in Artemivsk and its suburbs, RIA Novosti reports"

Evening Standard

Sledgehammer killing of Wagner Group conscript ‘warning to defectors’ say western officials

Footage of former prisoner Yevgeny Nuzhin being hit with a sledgehammer was posted on a telegram account linked to the Wagner Group this week

Daily Mirror

Fears war in Ukraine will 'grind' on through next year despite weapons shortages

Western officials believe winter freezes will cause more battlefield casualties, while the brutal mercenary unit The Wagner Group is fast becoming part of Vladimir Putin's regular military

Evening Standard

UK to withdraw troops from Mali peacekeeping mission, announces James Heappey

James Heappey cites concerns over the Malian government’s links to Russian mercenary group Wagner

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The Independent UK

Britain to withdraw peacekeepers from Mali

Armed Forces Minister James Heappey said the 300-strong UK contingent will end its deployment early.

Radio France Internationale

How Russian mercenaries colluded with Khartoum regime to exploit Sudan's gold

An investigation has found evidence that the Wagner Group, a Russian mercenary force with ties to the Kremlin, colluded with political and military powers in Sudan to exploit the country's gold.

Al Jazeera

Russian mercenary force Wagner opens first official headquarters

The European Union has accused the Wagner Group of serious human rights abuses in Ukraine, Africa, Syria, and Libya.

The Guardian - AU

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

Russia continues its relentless assault on Ukraine’s power grid; Putin rejoins UN grain export deal in humiliating U-turn; Kherson residents defy Russian call to evacuate city

The Guardian - UK

Russia’s Wagner Group ‘have as much power in Kremlin as ministers’

Russian dissident Mikhail Khodorkovsky tells UK parliamentary group of ‘terrorism’ threat

The Guardian - UK

Russian mercenaries accused of civilian massacre in Mali

Wagner Group fighters linked to attack that killed at least 13 following major military operation

ABC News

US-trained Afghan commandos say Russia trying to recruit them to fight in Ukraine

Afghan special forces soldiers who fought alongside American troops and then fled to Iran after the chaotic US withdrawal last year are being recruited by Russia to fight in Ukraine, according to three former Afghan generals.

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