Yevgeny Prigozhin: Wagner boss says activities to continue in Africa - BBC News

Yevgeny Prigozhin says "there will be no reduction in our programmes" in the continent.

1 hour agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, ReutersImage caption, Hot dog salesman-turned-mercenary Yevgeny Prigozhin says it is business as usual (archive photo)The head of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, says they will continue to fight in African countries where they are already present.

Ever since Mr Prigozhin mounted a failed mutiny in Russia last month and was banished to Belarus, there have been questions over Wagner's future.

"There was no, and there will be no, reduction in our programmes in Africa," Mr Prigozhin told Afrique Média TV.

BBC Verify has analysed the audio and confirms it is Mr Prigozhin's voice.

He did not appear on camera during the interview with Afrique Média, which is a pro-Kremlin news channel that targets French-speaking African countries and has been linked to the Wagner group.