Raphael Parens@MoreSecurityInt

Fellow @FPRI. Studying African security, non-state armed groups, and paramilitaries.

Joined August 2022
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Excited to announce that my first book is available for pre-order now! Moscow's Mercenaries, which @C_Faulkner_UCF, @ColinPClarke, and I have been putting together for the past three years, will be hitting the presses in two short months: amazon.com/Moscows-Mercenari…

Moscow’s Mercenaries: The Rise and Fall of the Wagner Group (Columbia Studies in Terrorism and...

The Wagner Group emerged from Russia’s shadowy criminal underworld in 2014 and soon became one of the world’s most infamous private military companies. Led by the provocative oligarch Yevgeny...

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Replying to @ColinPClarke @ColumbiaUP @C_Faulkner_UCF
Same for me!

ALT Power Rangers Hands In GIF
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Last year, I predicted that France’s withdrawal from Niger’s uranium market could spell Russian involvement. Guess what happened fpri.org/article/2023/11/per…

Perfect Storm: Niger’s Uranium Amidst Sahelian Chaos - Foreign Policy Research Institute

After several weeks of tense diplomatic negotiations and saber-rattling between Niamey and Paris, President Emmanuel Macron’s government withdrew Ambassador

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13 Nov 2024
🇳🇪🇷🇺| Niger officially invites Russian companies to exploit uranium in the country. This announcement comes a few days after France's Orano declared that it would suspend production at the Arlit mine due to problems with exporting resources following the closure of the border with Benin. neftegaz.ru/news/Geological-…
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My latest with @C_Faulkner_UCF and @plichta_marcel, digging into Wagner’s continued nefarious activities one year after its mutiny lawfaremedia.org/article/the…

The Wagner Group Lives on in Africa

The name has changed, but its efforts continue—now under closer supervision from the Kremlin.

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My latest: fpri.org/article/2024/01/rus…
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Check out my latest piece with @FPRI exploring Niger's uranium instability potential, how jihadist activity plays a role, and the nexus of conflict and energy markets in West Africa and Europe ⬇️ fpri.org/article/2023/11/per…

Perfect Storm: Niger’s Uranium Amidst Sahelian Chaos - Foreign Policy Research Institute

After several weeks of tense diplomatic negotiations and saber-rattling between Niamey and Paris, President Emmanuel Macron’s government withdrew Ambassador

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@plichta_marcel and I were quoted in this excellent article by @AkuaNalova
Nalova Akua@AkuaNalova
27 Nov 2023
How much longer can these fragile autocrats and tremulous gerontocrats postpone the inevitable? africanarguments.org/2023/11… @africaarguments @jamesjwan @D_E_Resnick @MoreSecurityInt @plichta_marcel @HMbwoge @ottotgs @chufreedom @woleojewale @josaphatmusamba #Gabon #Cameroon #COUP
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In April, my co-authors, @ColinPClarke, @C_Faulkner_UCF, Kendal Wolf, and I called for the U.S. government to sanction Wagner Group's shell companies in the Central African Republic. Today, those OFAC sanctions on Broker Expert and First Industrial Company have come into effect:
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My latest on the coup in Gabon and why it’s different from coups in West Africa with @plichta_marcel for @FPRI fpri.org/article/2023/09/cen…

Central Africa’s Aging Leadership at a Crossroads - Foreign Policy Research Institute

The coup in Gabon is a stark reminder across Central Africa that no leader is safe. President Ali Bongo Ondimba, an aging and sick president, has been ousted

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