The Wagner Group is “a private mercenary operation ... possibly in Africa, “standing in a desert area in camouflage and with a rifle in his hands”, The Guardian reported.

Mercenaries with Russia’s Wagner Group, fighting alongside Malian soldiers ... the Mbera refugee camp in Mauritania’s southeastern desert had become the third-largest population center ...

Mercenaries with Russia’s Wagner Group, fighting alongside Malian soldiers ... the Mbera refugee camp in Mauritania’s southeastern desert had become the third-largest population center ...

This research project, running between 2023 and 2024, aims to investigate the Wagner Group's expansion and its role as a hybrid entity - part mercenary, part paramilitary, and a tool of Russian ...