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Armoured vehicles and fighters of Wagner on the streets after the Wagner paramilitary group took control of the headquarters of Russia’s southern military district in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on June 24, 2023. (Photo by Arkady Budnitsky/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
LIPETSK

Putin vows to defeat Wagner Group as mercenaries advance on Moscow

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, once a close Vladimir Putin ally, said his troops had taken control of the military command centre and airbase in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don

  • Afp
5 min read
Crimes: Anti-Balaka combatants on patrol on 16 August 2017. A day later, the fighters stormed the city of Bangassou, killing Muslim civilians. (Alexis Huguet/AFP)
ALFRED YEKATOM

Maxime Mokom: The Central African Republic leader on trial at the International Criminal Court

The Central African Republic anti-Balaka leader faces charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court

  • Gino Vlavonou
7 min read