A month after a failed rebellion against the Kremlin, the Wagner Group, a private military company, has returned to Africa. Primarily focused in the Sahel region, the group is amid a contest of influence between Russia, the U.S., and France over the control of natural resources. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the group, confirmed to […]
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