US EditionRussia asks Central African Republic to replace Wagner with state-run Africa Corps and pay for it
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, AUG 6 – Russia demands the Central African Republic cover personnel costs and pay billions of CFA francs to replace Wagner mercenaries with the state-run Africa Corps, officials said.
- On Tuesday, Russia asked the Central African Republic to replace Wagner with Africa Corps and pay for security services, officials say.
- Earlier this year, Russia began replacing Wagner in Mali with Africa Corps, under the Russian defense ministry, after Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin's 2023 plane crash.
- In Bangui, authorities said the Central African Republic government prefers compensating with minerals like gold, uranium, and iron and says they cannot pay cash, despite Russia's demands for billions of CFA francs.
- Security experts note the Central African Republic has limited options after European forces' withdrawal, with Wagner officers feared for protecting President Faustin Archange Touadera.
- Given the fracturing from past deals, six of the 14 armed groups withdrew from the 2019 peace deal, highlighting CAR's fragile stability and dependence on Russian support.
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ANALYSIS. Third mandate in sight, presence of Wagner, increasing security: the Central African Republic is sinking into a six-month-old political impasse of a tensioned president.
Russia Asks Central African Republic to Replace Wagner with State-Run Africa Corps and Pay for It
The Central African Republic's government has been reluctant to agree to Moscow's demands, because it sees Wagner as more effective and they prefer to pay for services with minerals, not in cash.
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Russia asks Central African Republic to replace Wagner with state-run Africa Corps and pay for it
Officials in the Central African Republic have said that Russia has called on the country to replace the private Wagner mercenary group with Moscow’s state-run Africa Corps and requested payment for further security services.
Russia asks Central African Republic to replace Wagner with Moscow’s Africa Corps
Officials in the Central African Republic have said that Russia has called on the country to replace the private Wagner mercenary group with Moscow's state-run Africa Corps and requested payment for further security services.
Officials in the Central African Republic announced that Russia had asked the country to replace the private mercenary group Wagner with the Afrika Korps, which
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