Russia’s Wagner Group, a private military company closely tied to the Kremlin, has become one of the most lethal and controversial PMCs in the modern era. Active across Ukraine, Syria, Libya, and ...

Barrie Rice is a former commando with the New Zealand Special Air Service. For the past 30 years, he's been a mercenary and ...

When state institutions crumble under the weight of chaos, desperate governments sometimes turn to controversial solutions.

June 14, 2025: Currently, dozens of mercenaries, also known as Private Military Contractors or PMCs, are operating around the world, most of them in Africa. These include Angola, Sierra Leone, Congo, ...

Russia is using its private military companies (PMCs) on a massive scale to wage war against Ukraine and maintain its influence in other regions. RBC-Ukraine explores what goals the Kremlin set for ...

Governments which employ private military companies such as Wagner and Africa Corps, can be held liable for any human rights violations committed by these firms, research from Edith Cowan University ...

DAKAR (Reuters) -Russian private mercenary operations in Mali have sowed resentment within the West African nation's army and military government, caused security lapses, and failed to yield any ...

As his hired Hawker biz jet lurched towards the rendezvous on March 7th 2004, Simon Mann kept his gaze fixed on the instrument panel. Not the one in the cockpit. The one in his brain. If he saw just ...

Three people have been arrested on suspicion of spying on behalf of Russia, the Metropolitan Police has said. A 41-year-old ...

The African Union has expressed serious concern about the growing presence of foreign military forces, including mercenaries ...