The Role of Russian Private Military Contractors in Africa

Source:  The American Foreign Policy Research Institute published on 21 August 2020

 The American Foreign Policy Research Institute published on 21 August 2020 an analysis titled “The Role of Russian Private Military Contractors in Africa” by Anna Borshchevskaya, The Washington Institute.

The author looks at the role of the Wagner Group in Libya, Sudan, Central African Republic, and Madagascar.  She concludes that Russia’s growing presence in Africa, and its use of private military contractors, should be a cause for concern in the United States.