
World May 1, 2022
How a sanctioned Russian company gained access to Sudan’s gold
The Wagner Group’s secretive and expanding business dealings in Africa show the limitations of Western nations' attempts to censure it and other Russian firms.
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The Wagner Group’s secretive and expanding business dealings in Africa show the limitations of Western nations' attempts to censure it and other Russian firms.
Abuses inflicted on the Tigrayans included murder, torture, rape and sexual slavery, said two rights groups in a 240-page report released Wednesday.
The rebels ignored a previous government offer of a cease-fire, but this time the group said it is committed to implementing the truce "effective immediately.”
The U.N. has found a discrepancy of at least $4 billion between the United Arab Emirates’ declared gold imports from Africa and what African countries say they exported to the UAE.