“It was a melting pot period”, explains Marius Fransman, founder of the People’s Movement for Change, in an interview given for a South African documentary on African freedom movements and decolonisation. “The Russian, the Soviet countries were committed to their cause but equally that the South Africa and Angolan causes were protected”. Gathering African National... Continue Reading →
The continent received 1,431 pages of internal documents from “The Company”. Our investigative consortium comprised of Forbidden Stories, Dossier Center, iStories and openDemocracy and a network of Russian-speaking independent journalists identified Africa Politology, the Wagner Group’s influence arm. In the first installment, we reported how the SVR—Russia’s foreign intelligence service—assumed control of Africa Politology. In... Continue Reading →
The Continent a reçu 1 431 pages de documents internes de « La Société ». Notre consortium d'investigation, composé de Forbidden Stories, du Dossier Center, d’iStories et d'openDemocracy, ainsi qu'un réseau de journalistes indépendants russophones, a identifié Africa Politology, la branche influence du Groupe Wagner. Suite à la mort d'Evgeny Prigozhin, Africa Politology a engagé... Continue Reading →
The continent received 1,431 pages of internal documents from “The Company”. Our investigative consortium comprised of Forbidden Stories, Dossier Center, iStories and openDemocracy and a network of Russian-speaking independent journalists identified Africa Politology, the Wagner Group’s influence arm. Following the death of Evgeny Prigozhin, Africa Politology started to work in concert with the SVR, Russia’s... Continue Reading →
Privé de son fondateur depuis la mort d’Evgueni Prigojine, le groupe Wagner n’a rien perdu de sa capacité d’influence. Des documents inédits révèlent comment l’appareil façonné par Prigojine a été progressivement transféré aux services de renseignement russes. Placée désormais sous le contrôle direct du Service de renseignement extérieur russe (SVR), Africa Politology — ancienne branche... Continue Reading →
Deprived of its founder since the death of Evgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner Group’s essence has not disappeared. For the first time documents reveal how Prigozhin’s influence empire has been handed over to Russian intelligence. Now directly controlled by Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), Africa Politology, the ex- influence branch of the Wagner group comprised of... Continue Reading →
Singular Stories Their names are Serge, Nabil, Samuel, and Eric, and they come from different countries on the African continent. What they have in common is they fight as foreign soldiers in the Russian army. They tell us their journeys all started the same way: mysterious travel agencies, extensively advertised on social media, offering heavily... Continue Reading →
Des histoires singulières Ils s’appellent Serge, Nabil, Samuel, Eric et viennent de tout le continent africain. Leur point commun: ils combattent comme soldats étrangers dans l’armée russe. Certains ont même obtenu à présent un passeport du pays. Ils offrent des prix de billets d’avion aux prix cassés et font de la pub partout sur les... Continue Reading →
Le 20 décembre 2025, des plane watchers sur X ont suivi le vol d'un avion militaire russe (RA-86572) des Seychelles à l'aéroport international Ivato, à Madagascar. L'avion est exploité par l'unité de vol 223 du ministère russe de la Défense et est sanctionné par les États-Unis. Au début, il n'y avait pas d'annonces officielles concernant... Continue Reading →
On 20th December 2025, plane watchers on X tracked the flight of a Russian military plane (RA-86572) from the Seychelles to Ivato International Airport, Madagascar. The plane is operated by 223 Flight Unit of the Russian Ministry of Defense and is sanctioned by the US. Initially, there were no official announcements around the trip from... Continue Reading →
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