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London to step up pressure on Russian and Turkish paramilitary outfits to withdraw from Libya

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Security, Moscow's way into Africa

Russia's influence on the continent is spreading in step with rising instability in many African countries and tensions between France and many of its former colonies. This trend is bolstered by the presence of the Russian private military contractor Wagner Group close to Vladimir Putin. Its mercenaries have intervened in Libya and Mozambique and are now offering their services in West and Central Africa. Driven by the Kremlin, Russia's security breakthrough in Africa is also backed by the defence ministry, serving Moscow's geopolitical interests, and paving the way for Russia to move into other fields on the continent.

The British Foreign Office is planning to organise a major conference on the disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) of armed groups active in Libya. [...] (207 words)

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