Why is Russia Suddenly So Interested in the Central African Republic?

<p>Dionne Searcey travelled to the Central African Republic to report on a story that has previously lead to the murder of other foreign journalists.</p> <p>In July 2018 three Russian journalists were killed in the Central African Republic while investigating Russia's growing presence in the country. Their murder last year, however, has only increased international attention on Russia's shadowy aims in the Central African Republic.</p> <p>Dionne Searcey is a reporter for the New York Times and her story, published in late September, exposed evidence of Russian involvement in illicit diamond mining. More broadly, though, her story explains...