mercenaries
Example Sentences
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HRW says airports in the UAE, Libya, Chad and Somalia were used as transit points for the mercenaries before travelling to the frontlines in the Darfur region.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
Mali imported Russia’s Wagner mercenaries in 2022, in a failed attempt to swiftly suffocate the local Islamist insurgency that has since emerged as al Qaeda’s most successful and resilient offshoot.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Colombian President Gustavo Petro was quoted last year as calling the mercenaries "spectres of death" and describing their recruitment as a "form of human trafficking".
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
The report "shows mercenaries involved with drones travelling from a UAE base to Sudan before the RSF takeover of el-Fasher", he says.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
One of the men told the chief that the only way we could possess such foreign cassettes was either by having looted them or if we were mercenaries.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
