Russia Replaces Wagner Group by Africa Corps

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The Kremlin decided to replace the Wagner Group, involved in rebellions, deaths and abuses, by a new paramilitary force: Africa Corps. The movement marks Russia's attempt to maintain influence on the African continent and, at the same time, to turn off the brand that has become synonymous of violence and illegality. For years, Wagner was the main instrument of Moscow in Sahel, a region that goes from Senegal to Sudan and lives with attacks on St…