When the paramilitary organization the Wagner Group--Vladimir Putin's "private army"--first set foot in the Central African Republic (CAR) five years ago, the Russian Federation was reestablishing diplomatic relations with CAR after a 40-year absence. The country had been ravaged by 20 years of politico-military crises and cycles of deadly armed conflicts that the United Nations and Western countries were failing to adequately address. With no solution in sight, Russia offered Central African President Faustin-Archange Touadéra an alternative in the form of diplomatic support and military and political assistance via Wagner. What resulted was a campaign of terror.

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