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Where Next for Wagner Group in Africa?

Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mutiny was quashed in one day inside Russia, but the implications for Africa are unclear. As African leaders make their way back from the Russia–Africa Summit in St Petersburg, will we get hints about the company’s future on the continent and how should others respond? On 27 July …

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Prigozhin’s Rebellion: What We Discovered, and What We Still Need to Know

The Wagner rebellion has exposed some of the systemic weaknesses in the Kremlin’s crisis management strategy. Although the aftermath remains unclear, Yevgeny Prigozhin’s actions may have set a chain of events in motion. The events of the past two days in Russia have prompted a thus-far inconclusive deluge of speculation …

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Wagner’s March on Moscow Left Unresolved Challenges in its Wake

Wagner represents a wider problem for the Russian military as to how it generates effective but politically apathetic troops to sustain its war. On 23 June 2023 Yevgeny Prigozhin announced that he would embark on a ‘March for Justice’ at the head of his Wagner Group. Within 24 hours his …

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