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Podcast: De Balie
Episode: Reporting on Putin’s Private Army in Africa with journalists Philip Obaji and Olaf Koens
Description: Philip Obaji Jr. has documented over a hundred atrocities committed by Russian mercenaries in Central Africa. In his Freedom Lecture, he will reflect on the dangers of exposing the truth in one of the most underreported regions of the world and discuss the broader Russian grip on Africa.Russia has a strong presence in Central Africa. In the past through the Wagner mercenary group, and now through the Africa Corps. Russian soldiers fight rebels and secure natural resources. This is accompanied by atrocities at large scale against the local population. Women are victims of systematic sexual violence.<...