By Ahmet Emin Donmez
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AA) – Two Wagner paramilitaries were killed in an ambush by armed rebels in northern parts of the Central African Republic, local media reported on Monday.
The paramilitaries from the Russian private military company the Wagner Group were killed in an ambush by suspected fighters from the Coalition of Patriots for Change (CPC) in the Ouham-Pende region's Bossemptele province, according to media.
The Central African authorities recognize military agreements with Russia and the presence of Russian instructors to train the national army but do not acknowledge any deal with the Russian private security company.
Mercenaries from the Wagner Group summarily beat up and executed civilians from February 2019 to November 2021 in the country, according to a report released in early May by Human Rights Watch (HRW).