Wagner boss appears in video that appears to be shot in Africa

The leader of the Russian Wagner mercenaries, Yevgeny Prigojine, published this Monday, his first video since he took the lead of a short-lived mutiny at the end of June.

He appears in a recording – probably shot in Africa – on Telegram channels affiliated with the Wagner Group.

We can see him standing in a desert area, in camouflage and a rifle in his hand. In the distance, we see other armed men and a van.

Several international media relayed this video but none could confirm its date of recording or the location of the site where it was shot.

“The temperature is over 50 degrees – everything is going as we wish. The paramilitary group Wagner makes Russia even greater on all continents, and Africa more free. Justice and happiness – for the people of Africa, we let’s make life a nightmare for the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda and other bandits,” Yevgeny Prigozhin says in the video.