The Falcon & Winter Soldier

[Gallowglass]

I think it would be nice to have it be clearer, yeah.

We know that T'Challa chose to hand Zemo over for trial and punishment rather than killing him at the end of Civil War. Assuming he didn't blip, he's been in prison for six-seven years at this point. (Sam has stated that he and Cap were on the run for 2 years between Civil War and Infinity War. The blip lasted 5 years. this series is set some months post blip)

So it would be nice to have someone explain if the Dora Milaje were dispatched by T'Challa to recapture Zemo after his escape. Or if they are operating on their own initiative. Or if someone else did so. But its not necessary, I suppose. We can make our own assumption that they have been sent by the ruling authority in Wakanda, even though T'Challa has shown a propensity of doing his own grunt work. Or, given that T'Challa would normally deal with this directly, or it would make more sense to send infiltrators like their spy network and war dogs rather than the Dora Milaje, that they might be operating on their own initiative.

the Dora Milaje make terrible infiltrators. Not because of lack of skill but because six foot bald striking black women stand out in Eastern Europe. And.... Well... Anywhere.

Everyone seems to be operating under vigilante levels of authority. It's implied but not stated that Cap and Battleslaw are working for the pan-continental, pan-national GRC. Perhaps on some kind of loan from the U.S. Goverment, perhaps directly if the GRC has some power over the U.S. Goverment in the New world order. A U.N. with actual powers and teeth. Why that organization is interested in an escaped felon is questionable, but let's assume that Cap and Battleslaw are actually tasked with taking out the Flagsmashers who are a direct threat to the GRC, and the Zemo recapture is incidental.

We know that Sam and Bucky are completely on their own "authority". Certainly, they are not working for any government directly.

The Dora Milaje have the same "authority" to go into eastern Europe after a fugitive as the U.S.A has of going into the middle east and capturing terrorists who act against their interests. Which is, exactly as much as they can get away with.