‘From Russia With Love’: A Putin Ally Mines Gold and Plays Favorites in Sudan
Backed by the Kremlin, the shadowy network known as the Wagner Group is getting rich in Sudan while helping the military to crush a democracy movement.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/05/world/africa/wagner-russia-sudan-gold-putin.html
But Wagner is far more than a war machine in Africa, and a close look at its activities in Sudan, the continent’s third largest gold producer, reveals its reach.