Philip Obaji Jr.

Philip Obaji Jr. is a Nigeria-based correspondent for The Daily Beast, covering sub-Saharan Africa. He won the Future Awards Africa Prize in Education in 2014, and the Future Awards Africa Prize for Young Person of the Year in 2015. Follow him on twitter @PhilipObaji

‘NO ONE GETS OUT ALIVE’

Why Putin’s Private Army Ordered Soldiers to Torture Me

The Daily Beast correspondent Philip Obaji Jr. was abducted and beaten by soldiers while reporting on wrongdoing by the Wagner Group.

Philip Obaji Jr.

At 17, Fatou was drugged and raped by Russian paramilitaries at a military base in Bouar, Central African Republic.

SICK AND TWISTED

Twins, 17: We Were Drugged and Raped by Putin’s Private Army

A dozen girls have told The Daily Beast that they were kidnapped and sexually abused by Russian paramilitaries.

Philip Obaji Jr.

A photograph of miners in the Ndassima gold mine in 2014 in CAR where independent gold panners once ran the mine. Today, the Russians control some of the biggest mines in the central part of the CAR, including the Ndassima gold mine.

BLOOD AND TREASURE

Putin’s Private Army Accused of Sickening New Massacre

Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin may be dead, but witnesses say Russian paramilitaries in the Central African Republic slaughtered dozens of people to secure access to a gold mine.

Philip Obaji Jr.

A photo illustration featuring Yevgeny Prigozhin and Vladimir Putin with the silhouette of soldiers on the foreground

CHANGING OF THE GUARD

Kremlin Wants to Purge Wagner’s Prigozhin Loyalists

Moscow is moving to oust some of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s closest allies from key posts.

Philip Obaji Jr.

Russia's mercenary Wagner group is tied to the government of the Central African Republic, and their relationship is uncertain after Yevgeny Prighozin’s attempted coup on Vladimir Putin.

‘MESSY’

African Officials Panic Following Prigozhin’s Mutiny

“The last thing the government wants to see at the moment is the exit of Russia from the country,” an official from the Central African Republic told The Daily Beast.

Philip Obaji Jr.

Philip Obaji Jr.

Why Putin’s Private Army Ordered Soldiers to Torture Me

Twins, 17: We Were Drugged and Raped by Putin’s Private Army

Putin’s Private Army Accused of Sickening New Massacre

Kremlin Wants to Purge Wagner’s Prigozhin Loyalists

African Officials Panic Following Prigozhin’s Mutiny

Witnesses Unravel Mass Murder Mystery That Could Ruin Putin

Russia’s Shadow Army Accused of Raping Own Allied Troops

Russia’s Shadow Army Accused in Mysterious Teen Abductions

Teen Sold on Facebook: I Was Raped by Putin’s Private Army

Cops Guard Camp After Daily Beast Child Abduction Exposé