U.N. experts alarmed by Russian security contractors' 'abuses' in Central Africa


  • World
  • Wednesday, 31 Mar 2021

GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. experts expressed alarm on Wednesday over reports of executions and other abuses by Russian security contractors in Central African Republic and over their close contacts with U.N. peacekeepers.

Russia first sent security contractors to CAR in 2018. It stepped up its support late last year to help the government fend off a rebel advance launched before the Dec. 27 presidential election.

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