Paris, France, July 9, 2026 (AFP) - France refuses asylum for Centrafrican whistleblower, says NGO

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France has refused to grant asylum to a Centrafrican journalist who revealed Russian mercenary group Wagner was conducting disinformation campaigns in his home country, a non-governmental organisation said Thursday. Ephrem Yalike-Ngonzo worked for a Russian agent to manipulate public opinion in the Central African Republic from 2019 to 2022, but he decided to speak up after he was asked to help cover up Russian mercenaries wounding two herders, t......

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