‘Economic incentives are limited’: What does Russia really offer Africa?
- In 2019, I travelled to Berengo Palace, outside Bangui, to interview Russian mercenaries.
- Once the home of Jean-Bedel Bokassa, the Central African Republic’s self-crowned emperor, it was now occupied by fighters from the Wagner Group.
- One of the first things they told me was not about the country they had come to defend, but the country they had left.
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- In 2019, I travelled to Berengo Palace, outside Bangui, to interview Russian mercenaries.
- Once the home of Jean-Bedel Bokassa, the Central African Republic’s self-crowned emperor, it was now occupied by fighters from the Wagner Group.
- One of the first things they told me was not about the country they had come to defend, but the country they had left.
Sources: Al Jazeera