UAE using Wagner fighters to smuggle weapons into Sudan

Activity: OtherTypes of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation

Description

"Dr Andreas Krieg , a King’s College London academic who studies the conflict, said: “The story of hashtag#Wagner in the African continent starts in the hashtag#UAE, they gave them the seed funding to found their base in Libya.

“There is a strategic alignment of interest between Russia and UAE because oppose political Islam and civil society more generally.”
Period14 Sept 2024
Held atThe Telegraph, United Kingdom

Keywords

  • UAE
  • Sudan
  • Wagner