Wagner is widely believed to be a proxy for the Russian state and its boss business tycoon Yevgeny Prigozhin is close to President Vladimir Putin...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his prime minister have given their imprimatur to the agreement...

A group of young Bangui social media 'geeks' is being trained by the Internet Research Agency owned by Yevgeny Prigozhin the Russian oligarch close to President Vladimir Putin who is linked to the Wagner Group private military contractor and to cyber-warfare...

The Trump administration realised that trying to force Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan into line by making economic threats or imposing sanctions risked pushing him into Vladimir Putin's arms...

Chad Congo-Brazzaville Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea are no admirers of the geopolitical ambitions of Presidents Paul Kagame and Vladimir Putin...

Last November following agreements between President Filipe Nyusi and President Vladimir Putin at the Russia-Africa summit in Sochi in August the Russian private military contractor the Wagner Group came to Cabo Delgado and was soon in combat...

Serraj was willing but Haftar was not which resulted in President Vladimir Putin piling the pressure on him including starting to withdraw the Wagner mercenaries which could leave the general's forces at the mercy of the Turks...

The Russian fighters are ex-soldiers employed by the Wagner Group the paramilitary security company whose boss Yevgeny Prigozhin is close to President Vladimir Putin...

Nyusi can be expected to return from the Russia-Africa summit in Sochi with more deals and a powerful ally in President Vladimir Putin...