In less than a decade, Prigozhin had risen from convict to leader of a corps of mercenaries known as the Wagner Group—a meteoric rise that brought him to the verge of power. In “The Wagner ...

The Wagner Group, a Russian paramilitary, has gained a foothold in many sectors across Africa, helping the continent strengthen ties with Russia. Now, it's also expanding its range of services.

In 2023, a dramatic series of events led Western observers to declare the imminent demise of the Wagner Group, Russia’s infamous paramilitary force. First, there was Wagner’s costly assault on Bakhmut ...

Summary and Key Points: One year ago today, the Wagner Group saga ended tragically when a bomb exploded on a private jet, killing its leaders, Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin. -The private ...

Ukraine says it aided rebels in Mali to defeat Russian Wagner Group mercenaries. The battle shows a new front for Ukraine in countering Russia — this time, in Africa. Mali's junta, propped up by ...

The Wagner mercenary group reported on Monday that its fighters, alongside Malian soldiers, suffered casualties during intense clashes with Tuareg rebels near Mali's border with Algeria.

MOSCOW, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin was on Friday shown meeting one of the most senior former commanders of the Wagner mercenary group, Andrei Troshev, and discussing how ...

The UK's home secretary has proposed a draft order to label the Wagner Group a terrorist organization. Other countries have so far hesitated to take this step. In Libya, for example, the military ...

The United Kingdom is set to classify Russia’s Wagner mercenary ... will also ban promoting the group, arranging or addressing its meetings and showing its logo in public.

Image: A woman walks by a repainted mural depicting the logo of Russia's Wagner Group on a wall in Belgrade, Serbia Pic: AP "Wagner has been involved in looting, torture and barbarous murders.

Yevgeny Prigozhin, 62, was buried at the Prokhorov Cemetery of St. Petersburg. Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was buried in a private funeral on Tuesday, his press service said, nearly a ...

Yevgeny Prigozhin turned the Wagner Group from a shadowy band of mercenaries into a feared military powerhouse operating across multiple countries on three continents. Now that he is gone ...