African countries can decide themselves whether to keep working with Wagner, Russia says

African countries' leaders should decide for themselves whether they want to continue working with the Russian Wagner mercenary group, Russia's foreign ministry said on Wednesday, after the paramilitary group's brief mutiny.

Wagner fighters advanced on Moscow on Saturday, challenging President Vladimir Putin and seeking the dismissal of top military leaders, before making a deal with the Kremlin that saw Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin leave for Belarus.