EXCLUSIVE: Worried African officials are phoning each other with concern following the sudden mutiny of Russia’s Wagner Group, a mercenary organization that plays an important role in the continent’s security architecture.
’s presence, while also exploiting the country’s mineral resources.
“Yes, there are Wagner mercenaries [in CAR] and everyone is worried that the face-off between Putin and Prigozhin would bring an end to their operations in our country,” said an adviser to CAR President Faustin-Archange Touadéra in a private conversation with The Daily Beast via telephone. “The Russians play a very important role in the security architecture of our country and if they are forced to pull out completely, things could become messy.
Demonstrators carry a banner in Bangui, on March 22, 2023 during a march in support of Russia and China's presence in the Central African Republic."Everyone feared that if war broke out in Russia, the Russians [in CAR] would not only be forced to return home, but our political, military and business relationship with Russia would be halted," he said. "The last thing the government [in CAR] wants to see at the moment is the exit of Russia from the country.
“Cabinet members were calling both [CAR] military officers and Russian military instructors [present in CAR] to find out if they had received any information about Russia's role in the country going forward,” said the official who works at the CAR army headquarters in the capital, Bangui. “But nobody, not even the Russian instructors here [in CAR], has got any information relating to that.”
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