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Russian Mercenaries Involved In Training Security Forces

January 14 2019

Sudan

Russian military contractors have been spotted in Sudan raising concerns that they could represent a Russian effort to bolster the regime of Omar al-Bashir, reports the Ukrainian Independent Information Agency.

Mercenaries from Russia's PMC Wagner private military organization have begun training Sudanese security and intelligence services, said Sudanese opposition sources, as quoted by the Times (London).

On Dec. 26, Sudanese activists released photographs showing Russian...

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