The Latest Breaking News from Wagner Group

Tensions between Russia and the West are aggravating talks about the future of one of the United Nations’ biggest and most perilous peacekeeping operations, the force sent to help Mali contend with a decade-long Islamic extremist insurgency

Russia’s growing engagement in Africa is gaining attention. The Wagner Group, a shady mercenary organization, is the centerpiece of this activity. Since 2015, it has become an important security player in at least a half-dozen countries across the continent. The Russian government denies any connection, but Wagner is widely believed…

The Wagner Group, known as "Putin's shadow army," has come to the world's attention because of the Ukraine war. Marat Gabidullin, who left Wagner after fighting in Syria, has written a book about it.

A Wagner Group mercenary who is believed to have had a pivotal role in the mass shooting of Ukrainians has been killed by a sniper in a huge loss for Vladimir Putin

As Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues towards its 100th day, a group of elite mercenaries dubbed "Putin's private army" have recorded huge losses during fighting in the east of the country

A top EU court on Wednesday rejected a bid by Kremlin-linked oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin, alleged financier of the Wagner mercenary group, to overturn sanctions imposed over the conflict in Libya. Prigozhin, 61, had challenged a 2020 decision to freeze his assets in the European Union and to place him on…

A top EU court on Wednesday rejected a bid by Kremlin-linked oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin, alleged financier of the Wagner mercenary group, to overturn sanctions imposed over the conflict in Libya.

The Wagner Group, a private Russian military security contractor, has used banned landmines and booby traps near Tripoli, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday. “New information from Libyan agencies and demining groups links the Wagner Group to the use of banned landmines and booby traps in Libya in 2019-2020,”…

Lama Fakih, Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch, said the Wagner Group added to the “deadly legacy” of mines and booby traps scattered across Tripoli’s suburbs