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Category: Wagner Group/The Africa Corps

Angola

Russians Arrested in Luanda for Links To A Wagner Propaganda Company, Fomenting Subversion and Terrorism… But Why??

Royce de Melo, August 21, 2025August 21, 2025

Russia, Russia, Russia… More Russia meddling in Africa? Angola arrested two Russian suspects, Igor Racthin and Lev Lakshtanov, as agents provocateurs allegedly working for the Wagner Group’s disinformation and propaganda company ‘Africa Politology‘ (sanctioned by the US Treasury since January 2023). (Apparently, Wagner Group technically no longer exists in some…

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Africa

So, Wagner Group is “Leaving” Mali, While the Hybrid PMC, The Africa Corps, Is Officially Setting Up Operations

Royce de Melo, June 7, 2025June 7, 2025

Yesterday, I posted about the news going around that the hybrid Russian PMC Wagner Group was leaving Mali, ‘Is the Hybrid Russian PMC Wagner Group Really Leaving Mali?‘ There were a lot of questions and some confusion. As some reports indicated, and as some of us thought, the contract with…

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Africa Reuters

Is the Hybrid Russian PMC Wagner Group Really Leaving Mali?

Royce de Melo, June 6, 2025June 7, 2025

There are reports coming in today that Wagner Group, the hybrid PMC, is leaving Mali. One report says that “Wagner Group” is “leaving” so to speak while its rebranded form, The Africa Corps (TAC), is officially taking over, albeit in a more advisory role. If the “Wagner Group” is indeed…

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