U.S. Turns Spotlight on Russian Paramilitary Group Wagner's Africa... allafrica: Africa
Declaring Wagner"a significant transnational criminal organization", the Treasury Department accused Wagner personnel of engaging in"an ongoing pattern of serious criminal activity, including mass executions, rape, child abductions, and physical abuse in the Central African Republic and Mali".
Using the acronym by which the U.S. describes his command, Langley said:"USAFRICOM does not offer any nation an 'us-or-them' ultimatum." But he made clear in his presentation to the senators on March 16 that the U.S. regarded both Russia and China as"strategic competitors" to the United States in Africa.
Branding Africa as now being the"epicenter of international terrorism", Langley said the coalition of al Qaeda-aligned groups in West Africa known as is"wreaking havoc" as it expands beyond Mali and Burkina Faso:"Wagner's draconian operations with its partner in Mali both add to the human cost of terrorism and create more openings for terrorist groups."since 2020. Langley implicitly criticised restrictions on U.S.
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