Turns out Russian mercenaries stand ready to troll journalists and produce big-budget action movies in war-torn African countries. Neil Munshi, West Africa Editor now for Bloomberg, went to the Central African Republic to report on that mercenary group, while writing an award-winning series of stories seeking to explain the conflicts raging in most of the countries in the region. 

Countries featured: Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Mali, India, USA, Nepal

Publications featured: GQ, Times of India, GQ India, Financial Times, Bloomberg

Here are links to some of the things we talked about:

Neil’s award winning series on West Africa (free to read) - https://bit.ly/3pdXsAx

His story about a film glorifying mercenaries - https://on.ft.com/3phIfOJ

F1 Drive to Survive doc series trailer - https://bit.ly/3Poug4q

Zikoko’s NairaLife - https://bit.ly/3Qjq07s

The Journalist and the Murderer - https://bit.ly/3QuHIVS

What It’s Like to Fight a Megafire in New Yorker - https://bit.ly/3dsN84S

Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo - https://bit.ly/3QrOiwi

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