Mali’s armed forces and the allied Russia-backed Wagner Group have committed dozens of summary executions and enforced ...

Mali’s armed forces and the allied Russia-backed Wagner Group have committed dozens of summary executions and enforced ...

While Russia’s army is bogged down in Ukraine, its mercenaries are faring no better in Africa. In late July 2024, mercenaries from the the Wagner Group, a Moscow-aligned private military company ...

Tuareg rebel alliance fighters inspected a damaged vehicle allegedly used by Wagner mercenaries in July 2024. via REUTERS Wagner has acknowledged heavy losses in the Mali ambush but gave no figure.

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Russia-backed Wagner Group said Friday it is leaving Mali after more than three and a half years of fighting Islamic extremists and insurgents in the country.

The U.S. on Thursday said Russian mercenary force Wagner Group may be working through Mali and other countries to hide its efforts to acquire military equipment for use in Ukraine, and accused it ...

The deaths of Wagner Group troops in Mali during an ambush may be used by the Russian Defense Ministry as leverage to replace the mercenaries' presence in Africa. That assessment by the Washington ...

Since the death of Wagner’s leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, in August 2023, Moscow has tried to take over the group’s operations by establishing the Africa Corps, a Ministry of Defense-controlled ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Russia-backed Wagner Group said Friday it is leaving Mali after more than three and a half years of fighting Islamic extremists and insurgents in the country.