In 1995, Sierra Leone's government was losing a brutal civil war as RUF rebels controlled major diamond-producing areas and ...

A little over a year ago, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Putin’s former cook and the founder of the notorious Wagner private military company, launched a coup attempt that fizzled quickly. But, significantly, the ...

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See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. With mercenaries increasingly seen as a go-to solution for some of the ...

The “African Corps,” controlled by the Russian Ministry of Defense, suffered casualties in Mali. On September 7, videos showing at least four killed Russian mercenaries appear ...

BAMAKO, Nov 22 (Reuters) - At least seven mercenaries from Russia's Wagner private military contractor group were killed in an attack in central Mali that was claimed by an affiliate of al Qaeda in ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. More than 280 men, alleged to be "Romanian mercenaries" by the Rwanda ...

Members of the Wagner mercenary group have taken part in an operation to guard Russia’s shadow fleet through the English Channel, according to reports. Russian mercenaries and former operatives for ...

CAIRO — The United Arab Emirates trained Colombian mercenaries before sending them to fight alongside a notorious paramilitary group in Sudan’s devastating war, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday. Its ...

Despite the Wagner Group’s decline, it represented a fundamental change in contemporary warfare. In the last year, Russia terminated the Wagner Group’s decade of battlefield domination almost as ...

Like every authoritarian before him, Trump is working to co-opt news sources and control what the public sees and hears. Too many corporate outlets are bending the knee—but not Common Dreams. We will ...