US puts sanctions on network said to funnel Colombian mercenaries to Sudan US treasury accuses Colombian nationals and companies of aiding the RSF, which has committed horrific war crimes The Guardian - US · Dec 9, 2025
Colombian Mercenaries Hired by Sudanese Paramilitary Group to Train Children: 'War Is a Business' The involvement of Colombian mercenaries was first reported last year by La Silla Vacía, a Colombian news outlet, which found that more than 300 former soldiers had been contracted by a third country to fight in Sudan's civil war. Latin Times · Oct 11, 2025
‘War is a business’: the Colombian mercenaries training Sudan’s child fighters to ‘go and get killed’ A soldier of fortune tells of lucrative contracts, the siege of El Fasher and training child fighters to ‘go and get killed’ The Guardian - US · Oct 8, 2025
‘Maga since forever’: mercenary mogul Erik Prince pushes to privatize Trump deportation plans Notorious Blackwater founder is lobbying allies in White House for private contractors to assist in mass deportations The Guardian - US · Mar 16, 2025
The US-Russia battle for influence in Africa plays out in Central African Republic Hours after Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin rebelled against his country’s top military leaders, his private army’s biggest client in Africa panicked and turned for help to his foe in the West The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2024
3,000 Wagner Group mercenaries used by Russia killed in Ukraine war, MPs told Christo Grozev of the Bellingcat website said 3,000 members of the private military company were thought to have died in the Russia-Ukraine war Daily Mirror · Apr 19, 2022
3,000 Wagner Group mercenaries deployed by Russia have been 'killed in Ukraine', MPs told The director of Bellingcat has warned that western countries need to take the group more seriously Wales Online · Apr 19, 2022