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Russian mercenaries ‘exploiting Africa to fund war in Ukraine’

Russian mercenaries ‘exploiting Africa to fund war in Ukraine’

US ambassador to the UN said Wagner Group are trafficking natural resources from African nations

The United States has accused Russian mercenaries of exploiting natural resources in Central African Republic, Mali, Sudan and elsewhere to help fund Moscow’s war in Ukraine, a charge Russia rejected as “anti-Russian rage”.

The US ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said the Wagner Group of mercenaries are exploiting natural resources and “these ill-gotten gains are used to fund Moscow’s war machine in Africa, the Middle East and Ukraine”.

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