Human rights advocates and politicians in Central African Republic claim soldiers who disappeared after being detained last month were kidnapped by mercenaries backed by Russia. The Kremlin has in ...

Ernest Mizedio, a politician from the region, told The Associated Press that the two soldiers were among a group arrested earlier by Russian mercenaries tasked with training militia members and ...

Human rights advocates and politicians in Central African Republic claim soldiers who disappeared after being detained last month were kidnapped by mercenaries backed by Russia. The Kremlin has in ...

BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Human rights advocates and politicians in Central African Republic claim soldiers who disappeared after being detained last month were kidnapped by mercenaries ...

Most of these ex-soldiers ... The use of mercenaries in war is as old as warfare itself. From the armies of ancient Macedonia and Rome to the private forces of medieval Europe, mercenaries played ...