500 Wagner Fighters, $400M a Year – Prigozhin’s Son Holds On to His African Empire

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1. Mon, 19 October 2026

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     500 Wagner Fighters, $400M a Year – Prigozhin’s Son Holds On to His African Empire

     Pavel Prigozhin, the son of Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin, has reportedly kept the group’s military presence and expanded its business interests in the CAR, where about 500 operatives remain deployed. The group’s mining concessions and security partnership with President Touadéra have helped it resist Moscow’s Africa Corps takeover efforts