Prigozhin was presented with gold bars on his last trip to Africa

Yevgeny Prigozhin held talks at the presidential palace on the banks of the river in Bangui. Photo: Pixel/pixel8000

Evgeny Prigozhin was presented with gold bars from Wagner. a controlled mine in Africa during what appears to be his last visit to the continent.

The loot was delivered by five commanders of the Sudanese Rapid Support Force, a paramilitary group that relies on the services of a mercenary leader in its war. against the government of his country.

Prigozhin, who was killed after his private jet was shot down by what is believed to be a bomb, was negotiating at the presidential palace on the banks of the river in Bangui, the capital of the Central Region. Republic of Africa.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Sudanese commanders arrived by helicopter near the Darfur region to thank the Wagner leader for providing them with surface-to-air missiles.

The gold was mined at the mine. that Russian mercenaries helped secure the west of their war-torn country.

“I need more gold,” — Prigozhin said, according to the Wall Street Journal, citing an anonymous Sudanese official.

Prigozhin arrived in Africa, where he has about 5,000 people stationed, last Friday in an attempt to salvage his firm's reputation on the continent after his short-lived insurgency against Russian military leaders failed.

He traveled to the Central African Republic convinced his President Faustin Arcange Touadérou that a coup attempt will not prevent him from attracting new fighters and investments into the country.

Despite its efforts to maintain a presence in Africa, the Russian state is slowly seeking to replace Wagner and his power on the continent .

The Redoubt mercenary group, controlled by Russian military intelligence, is fighting to win Prigozhin's contracts.

Vladimir Putin recently told Mr Putin Touadéra it was time to distance himself from Wagner.

< p>Leaving the Central African Republic, Prigozhin flew to Mali, where he is believed to have filmed his last video message before his death. It was a recruiting campaign to support his war-torn forces from Ukraine.

He later returned to Moscow before embarking on his fateful final journey to St. Petersburg, his hometown.