The Wagner group denies involvement in the current conflict, but there's evidence it has previously been active in Sudan.
this channel distributed a video allegedly showingThe same source linked to the Instagram profile of an anonymous Russian mercenary, calling himself a "freelancer" and, Sudan was featured as one of the countries where the mercenaries operate.The US Treasury says the Wagner Group has conducted "paramilitary operations, support for preserving authoritarian regimes, and exploitation of natural resources".
Sudanese media reports says that figure grew to about 500, and they were mainly stationed in the south-west near Um Dafuq, close to Sudan's border with the Central African Republic . "Prigozhin was calling for… the protestors to be accused of being pro-Israel and anti-Islamic," he says.This caused friction with the president's own security forces, and so Wagner switched its support to the man who ousted him - General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.
According to Dr Ramani, it was in 2021 and 2022 that the Wagner Group increased its connections with the Rapid Support Forces , which is currently fighting Sudan's regular army, led by Gen Burhan.
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