The Wagner Group boss is becoming increasingly critical of the way the war is being run.
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The infighting is dangerous for the Kremlin. It’s becoming harder for Vladimir Putin to dissociate himself from serious errors of judgement on the battlefield in Ukraine.
The UK’s proscription of Wagner would be an important global signal, but is not without risks.
Sudan’s location and natural resources have attracted international partners keen to benefit either geopolitically or economically.
The role of the Wagner Group in the Sudan crisis is not yet clear, but its mercenaries are reported to be involved in a number of African countries.
Armed group, mercenaries, mining, power struggles. It’s a familiar story in Africa, sadly.
Bakhmut initially appeared to be a Ukrainian strategic victory as it depleted Russian armed forces. But that looming victory risks becoming a major defeat. Here’s how Russia has outplayed Ukraine.
The Battle of Bakhmut embodies Russia’s ill-planned war in Ukraine. Even if it succeeds in taking the city, the divisions it’s created within its armed forces will erode Russia’s ultimate aims.
The spike in violence was marked by a 68% increase in fatalities involving civilians.
The Wagner Group has become a tool to further Russian objectives in Africa without attracting the scrutiny that regular military units would.
How does Putin extract himself from this mess? The only way to do so is to win the war in Ukraine, or at least to win sufficient concessions that would permit him to spin it as a victory.
Burkina Faso looks to be the latest west African state where Russian influence is on the rise.
Some of the key articles from our coverage of the war in Ukraine over the past week.
As Ukraine retakes parts of its northeastern region from Russia, the Kremlin continues to increasingly look to private military companies to fill in military power gaps.
Mali’s ruling junta, which has already secured the end of France’s Barkhane operation and has largely moved closer to Moscow, is now targeting the UN mission in the country, the Minusma.
China’s need for private security services in Africa has grown significantly as Beijing increases its investment in the continent.
A lot of the fighting in Ukraine is being done by non-state militias, some with a chequered history.
Rising tensions in West Africa heighten as the military junta in Mali engages Wagner, a Russian private military company while defying ECOWAS.
Il y a peu de résultats visibles sur le terrain après huit ans de guerre au Mali.
There are few visible results on the ground after eight years of war in Mali.
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Associate Professor and Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations, Simon Fraser University
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