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Voters look for their names on a registration list at a polling station during the presidential election in Bangui, Central African Republic, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Jean-Fernand Koena)

Central African Republic’s incumbent president, a Russian ally, eyes a third term in key elections

By Jean-Fernand Koena - Associated Press

A young Malian woman is treated for her dangerously high fever and infection by doctors at the Douankaran health clinic in the Hodh El Chargui Region, Mauritania, Nov. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Caitlin Kelly)

Girls and women fleeing Mali describe sexual violence by Russian forces

By Monika Pronczuk and Caitlin Kelly - Associated Press

Maryland forward Pharrel Payne (21) drives to the basket against Gonzaga forward Graham Ike (15) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the Players Era tournament Las Vegas, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) **FILE**

Payne scores career-high 30 points in Maryland’s win over Wagner

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FILE - In this image taken from video, President of the Central African Republic Faustin-Archange Touadera arrives at a polling station in Bangui, Central African Republic, Sunday, July 30, 2023. (AP Photo, File)

Russia asks Central African Republic to replace Wagner with state-run Africa Corps and pay for it

By Jean-Fernand Koena and Mark Banchereau - Associated Press

Whistleblower Ephrem Yaline-Ngonzo, who was recruited by Kremlin-backed Wagner forces to spread Russian propaganda in Central African Republic, sorts through CAR newspapers during a visit in Johannesburg, South Africa, Nov. 2, 2022. (Forbidden Stories via AP)

A former staffer exposes how Russia’s disinformation machine worked in Central African Republic

By Monika Pronczuk - Associated Press

A 39-year-old security guard stands on the doorway at a clinic in Bangui, Central African Republic, Monday, March 11, 2024. She said she was sexually assaulted by a United Nations peacekeeper in November while on the night shift. Sexual assaults and other cases of gender-based violence are rising in Central African Republic. The alleged attackers include everyone from Wagner mercenaries to bandits to United Nations peacekeepers. Reasons include ongoing conflict in one of the world's most volatile countries, a weak legal system and the stigma of speaking up. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Sexual assaults rise in Central African Republic. Wagner, bandits and even peacekeepers are blamed

By Sam Mednick and Jean Fernand Koena - Associated Press

Wagner's Melvin Council Jr. (11) reacts after scoring against Howard during the second half of a First Four college basketball game in the men's NCAA Tournament, Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Dayton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean)

Melvin Council Jr. scores 21, Wagner begins March Madness with 71-68 win over Howard in First Four

By Jacob Benge - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, meets with Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, second right, and Chairman of the St. Petersburg regional public organization "League for the Protection of the Interests of Veterans of Local Wars and Military Conflicts" retired Col. Andrey Troshev in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin orders former Wagner commander to take charge of ‘volunteer units’ in Ukraine

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In this image from video provided by the Belarusian Defense Ministry via VoenTV on Friday, July 14, 2023, Belarusian soldiers attend a training by mercenary fighters from Wagner private military company near Tsel village, about 90 kilometers (about 55 miles) southeast of Minsk, Belarus. After Yevgeny Prigozhin's daylong mutiny against Russia's military leadership, the Kremlin cut a deal for him to move to Belarus. A camp for his fighters was erected there, and they trained together with the Belarusian military. Prigozhin in the meantime moved freely between Belarus, Russia and apparently Africa. (Belarusian Defense Ministry via VoenTV via AP, File)

Prigozhin’s final months were overshadowed by questions about what the Kremlin had in store for him

By Dasha Litvinova - Associated Press

Businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, left, shows Russian President Vladimir Putin, around his factory which produces school meals, outside St. Petersburg, Russia on Sept. 20, 2010. Prigozhin made his name as the profane and brutal mercenary boss who mounted an armed rebellion that was the most severe and shocking challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rule. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Prigozhin’s purported demise seems intended to send a clear message to potential Kremlin foes

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Yevgeny Prigozhin, top, serves food to then-Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at Prigozhin's restaurant outside Moscow, Russia, on Nov. 11, 2011. Prigozhin made his name as the profane and brutal mercenary boss who mounted an armed rebellion that was the most severe and shocking challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rule. (AP Photo/File)

Wagner mercenary leader, Russian mutineer, ‘Putin’s chef’: The many sides of Yevgeny Prigozhin

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This image released by Ostorozhno Novosti on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, shows the crash site of a private jet near the village of Kuzhenkino, Tver Region. Officials say a private jet has crashed over Russia, killing all 10 people on board. Mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list, but it wasn't immediately clear if he was on board. (Ostorozhno Novosti via AP)

Mercenary chief Prigozhin is presumed to have died in a plane crash seen as the Kremlin’s revenge

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In this image taken from video, smoke and flames rise from a crashed private jet near the village of Kuzhenkino, Tver region, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner Group, reportedly died when a private jet he was said to be on crashed on Aug. 23, 2023, killing all 10 people on board. (AP Photo)

‘A targeted hit’: Suspicion widespread that Putin ordered Prigozhin killing in plane explosion

By Ben Wolfgang and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this handout photo released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Saturday, June 24, 2023, the top Russian military commander in Ukraine, Gen. Sergei Surovikin records his appeal to armed rebellion at the unknown location. Gen. Surovikin, a former commander of Russia's forces in Ukraine who was linked to the leader of an armed rebellion, has been dismissed from his job as chief of the air force, according to Russian state media. The report Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, came after weeks of uncertainty about his fate following the short-lived uprising.(Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) **FILE**

A top Russian general linked to the head of a rebellious mercenary group is reportedly dismissed

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In this image taken from video released by Razgruzka_Vagnera telegram channel on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company speaks to a camera at an unknown location. (Razgruzka_Vagnera telegram channel via AP)

Private jet crash in Russia kills 10; Wagner chief Prigozhin was on passenger list

By Dasha Litvinova Tallinn - Associated Press