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Militia leader killed in US attack in Iraq
Updated 22.32 | Published 22.22 share-arrowShare unsaveSave Three members of the Kataib Hezbollah militia, including a high-ranking commander, have been killed in a US drone strike in the Iraqi capital…
Nigerian states recruit militia to confront criminal gangs
Faced with insecurity and gangs, Nigeria is experiencing a new peak in the recruitment of militiamen to swell self-defense groups. The total number of members of these groups is difficult…
Wagner, an uncertain future in Africa: “If we withdraw our militia from Prigojine…”
Putin or Prigozhin? Prigozhin or Putin? Since the aborted insurrection of the boss of Wagner, on June 24, a question has been nagging African leaders in business with these paramilitaries:…
Russian soldiers held hostage by pro-Ukraine militia groups
The pro-Ukrainian groups fighting on Russian soil have captured two Russian soldiers.The groups demand a meeting with the region’s governor Vyacheslav Gladkov to release the prisoners. During the Sunday evening,…
Did Bamako offer the purchase of Turkish drones instead of the Wagner militia?
Did Mali offer the Russian private security company Wagner to buy Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones in its place? In any case, this is what some American intelligence documents that were…
War in Ukraine: Convoy, the new Russian militia that imitates Wagner
The war in Ukraine has welcomed an additional actor for a few weeks. Hint: five-letter paramilitary group. While Wagner occupies all the media attention, a new private militia is gaining…
The Congolese militia allegedly executed the hostages
Published: Less than 20 min ago At least 17 people taken hostage by a militia in Congo-Kinshasa this weekend have been executed, according to local leaders. The so-called Codeco militia…
The Congolese militia allegedly executed the hostages
The Congolese militia allegedly executed the hostages At least 17 people taken hostage by a militia in Congo-Kinshasa this weekend have been executed, according to local leaders. The so-called Codeco…
far-right militia leader found guilty of ‘sedition’
The founder of the Oath Keepers, Stewart Rhodes, and another member of this far-right militia, on Tuesday became the first participants in the assault on the Capitol to be convicted…
“Vladimir Putin’s regime is playing down the card of the private militia”
A video that has gone viral shows Evgueni Prigojine, the leader of the Wagner Group, recruiting in a Russian prison, offering inmates aged between 22 and 50 years freedom if…