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US plans action against Prigozhin's Wagner for activities in Africa

This undated photo from the French military shows three Russian mercenaries, right, in Mali. Russia's Wagner Group, a private military company, has played a key role in Ukraine fighting and also deployed personnel to the Middle East and Africa. [Via VOA]

The United States will this week announce actions to hold the Russian mercenary Wagner Group accountable, the U.S. State Department spokesperson said on Tuesday, for its activities in Africa and unrelated to its aborted mutiny in Russia.

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