According to American officials, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the private military company Wagner, has offered weapons to the paramilitaries fighting for control of Sudan. Prigozhin, who is leading a brutal military campaign on behalf of Russia in Ukraine, claimed this week that he wanted peace and offered to help mediate between the rival generals fighting for power. However, American officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly, said that Prigozhin is actually intent on fueling the fighting between the two military factions in Sudan: the Sudanese Army, overseen by Gen. Abdul Fattah al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces paramilitaries, led by Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan.
Wagner, which previously sent Sudan armored vehicles and training in return for lucrative gold mining concessions, has offered powerful weapons, including surface-to-air missiles, to General Hamdan’s paramilitaries, American officials said.
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2023-04-23 17:47:41
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