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Vol 66 No 6

Published 21st March 2025


Central African Republic

Moscow’s prisoner

Belgian-Portuguese national Joseph Figueira Martin has been all but abandoned, banged up for 10 months in a Bangui military camp in the Central African Republic, awaiting trial on espionage charges that, if found guilty, carry a life sentence. Detained by fighters from Russia’s Wagner Group while on a scouting operation for the United States humanitarian NGO FHI 360, the CAR authorities claim they found evidence on Martin’s phone proving he was in cahoots with rebel group elements.

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