Wagner group mercenaries in Africa: why there hasn’t been any effective opposition to drive them out

Wagner has assisted rebel leader Khalifa Hiftar’s Libyan Arab Armed Forces. PHOTO | COURTESY

By  The Conversation

What you need to know:

  • The Wagner Group was set up by Yevgeny Prigozhin in 2014 as a private military company to support the Russian invasion of Ukraine that year

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