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‘NO ONE GETS OUT ALIVE’
The Daily Beast correspondent Philip Obaji Jr. was abducted and beaten by soldiers while reporting on wrongdoing by the Wagner Group.
Philip Obaji Jr. is a Nigeria-based correspondent for The Daily Beast, covering sub-Saharan Africa. He won the Future Awards Africa Prize in Education in 2014, and the Future Awards Africa Prize for Young Person of the Year in 2015. Follow him on twitter @PhilipObaji
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SICK AND TWISTED
A dozen girls have told The Daily Beast that they were kidnapped and sexually abused by Russian paramilitaries.
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BLOOD AND TREASURE
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin may be dead, but witnesses say Russian paramilitaries in the Central African Republic slaughtered dozens of people to secure access to a gold mine.
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CHANGING OF THE GUARD
Moscow is moving to oust some of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s closest allies from key posts.
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‘惭贰厂厂驰’
“The last thing the government wants to see at the moment is the exit of Russia from the country,” an official from the Central African Republic told The Daily Beast.
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‘顿滨厂础厂罢贰搁’
Putin has only a few friends left on the international stage and this massacre could kill off the backing he needs to have any chance in Ukraine.
‘PLEAD FOR MERCY’
Russia’s army of mercenaries has been roiled by a rape scandal. And this time, the allegations are coming from soldiers who fought alongside them.
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‘MY BOYS’
The Wagner Group is allegedly getting back at fighters who left the private mercenary group by kidnapping their family members.
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DYSTOPIAN
Girl was sold into a dangerous existence in the criminal underworld after Facebook delayed taking down a people-trafficking ad.
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LIVING NIGHTMARE
20-year-old Claudia Amikwa says she woke up alone and confused in a hotel room after bringing her baby boy to a meeting with a so-called actor. She hasn’t seen her son since.