Founder of Russian mercenary Wagner Group denies boots on the ground in Sudan, but paramilitary group's malign role in the war-wrought country is undeniable.
On April 15, fighting erupted between Sudan’s de facto military ruler, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the leader of paramilitary Rapid Support Forces , Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo.a 2021 military coup that toppled the transitional civilian government formed after strongman ruler Omar al-Bashir was deposed in 2019.in December 2022 but neither faction supported it.Smoke fills the sky in Khartoum near Doha International Hospital on April 21, 2023.
There has been much speculation over what role the Russian private military company Wagner Group has played in inciting or manipulating Sudan’s current chaos.Wagner Group head Yevgeny Prigozhin attends the funeral of a fighter of the Wagner group who died fighting in Ukraine, at the Beloostrovskoye cemetery outside St. Petersburg on December 24, 2022.
“During his 30-year tenure, former Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir increased economic and security cooperation with Russia, receiving military assistance and offering agreements spanning some of Sudan’s most lucrative sectors such as oil, natural gas, agriculture, and gold,” the U.S. Treasury Departmentin a July 2020 announcement of additional sanctions targeting “entities located in Sudan, Hong Kong, and Thailand” that had helped Prigozhin evade U.S. sanctions.
However, the Sudanese factions’ reduced access to natural resources corresponded with their facilitating
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