mercenaries

Russian Mercenaries Are Fighting In Libya, UN Diplomats

May 8, 2020 7:07 pm

Mercenaries from the Wagner Group, a Russian paramilitary organization seen as being close to Vladimir Putin, are fighting in Libya, UN diplomats said Wednesday, citing an experts’ report on the country’s arms embargo.

It was the first time the UN has confirmed claims first made in US media that the group is supporting military strongman Khalifa Haftar. Moscow has denied being responsible for deploying the group.

The report also revealed that Haftar was being supported by Syrian fighters.

The Wagner Group is a shadowy private security firm and thousands of its contractors are believed to be in foreign conflicts from …

FGN Bringing Mercenaries Into Nigeria – IPOB

December 23, 2019 1:14 pm

Nnewi—Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Monday, raised the alarm over what it called “current high level of influx of mercenaries from the terror-ravaged Sahel region into Nigeria,” noting that “since the civil war, nobody has witnessed the current high level of influx of mercenaries into Nigeria.

It warned that any ethnic group that failed to condemn and also join hand with IPOB to check such influx, will soon be consumed by them. IPOB, in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, alleged that “the government of Nigeria has perfected their plans and have embarked on a well-funded …