Central African Republic: "Russian private military companies have been in Africa for thirty years"
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Motorcycles in front of a Russian military convoy, in Bangui, October 15, 2020 (Illustrative photos).
AFP - CAMILLE LAFFONT
By: Florent Guignard
7 min
A senior Russian diplomat said on December 21 that Moscow was not sending troops to the Central African Republic, where an offensive by rebel groups was called a "coup attempt" by the government ahead of elections scheduled for Sunday.
In this country classified among the poorest in the world but rich in diamonds, private guards employed by Russian security companies already provide close protection for President Faustin-Archange Touadéra and instructors train the Central African armed forces.
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Central African Republic
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