In the Central African Republic, Russian paramilitaries under the banner of the Wagner Mercenary Group, and now in many cases under the umbrella of the Russian Ministry of Defense’s Africa Corps, are accused of sexual violence against civilians. The World’s Marco Werman speaks with Philip Obaji Jr., a correspondent for the Daily Beast, about his investigation in CAR which exposes systematic rapes of young women and girls by Russian paramilitaries.
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