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The Wagner Group's Influence in Africa
The Wagner group is backing the rebels, supporting them and destabilizing countries so that Russia's influence in those places becomes stronger. What we don't know is the extent to which the Wagner group is just like one of the old trading companies of the 18th century or 19th centurythat was enriching itself on rare metals. And I think if you take us back 10 years, when you looked at influence in Africa, we always talked about the Belt and Roads China initiative. But essentially Africa is now in the grip of these two superpowers, China and Russia that are essentially both building it and pulling it apart.
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