*[Enwl-eng] African states using Wagner merceneries need to take stock

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                  Global Edition - Today's top story: Wagner debacle in Russia raises red flags for African states and how they manage their security View in browser 
                   Global Edition | 29 June 2023 
                 
           
                   
                    
                 
           
           
                  Repercussions from the recent rebellion stunt pulled by Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner mercenary forces in Russia are being monitored closely in capitals across the world. In particular, a number of governments in Africa that had virtually handed over their security architecture to the Russian soldiers of fortune are taking stock of what happens next. Mercenaries can prove effective in the battlefield and for intelligence gathering. But the fact that they act outside the conventional controls of the state makes them a dangerous proposition. Oluwole Ojewale unpacks why, learning from the Russian experience, African countries engaged with Wagner should take back full responsibility for their security.

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                          Adejuwon Soyinka

                        Regional Editor West Africa
                       
                 
                   
                  Wagner debacle in Russia raises red flags for African states and how they manage their security 
                  Oluwole Ojewale, Institute for Security Studies 

                  The Wagner rebellion in Russia has implications for African countries that depend on mercenaries and non-state armed groups for security.
                 
                   
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