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Dozens of Malian soldiers killed in ambush on joint convoy with Russian Africa Corps

Dozens of Malian soldiers killed in ambush on joint convoy with Russian Africa Corps

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A military convoy operating jointly with Mali’s armed forces and Russia’s Africa Corps came under attack, leaving at least 50 Malian soldiers dead, according to reports. The ambush highlights the persistent and worsening security challenges facing the country’s transitional authorities, who have relied heavily on Russian military support to combat armed groups across the vast […]

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Mali in Crisis: Joint Jihadist-Tuareg Offensive Exposes the Limits of Russia-Backed Security

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Mali’s ruling military junta is facing the most serious security crisis in over a decade after a sweeping coordinated offensive by Tuareg separatists and al-Qaeda-linked jihadists killed the country’s defence minister, General Sadio Camara, and forced the withdrawal of Russian Africa Corps mercenaries from the historic northern city of Kidal. The attacks, launched on Saturday,

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Mali’s Defence Minister Sadio Camara Killed in Car Bomb Attack Near Bamako

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Mali’s military junta has been dealt a devastating blow after Defence Minister General Sadio Camara — the powerful figure widely seen as the architect of the regime’s security strategy and its closest link to Moscow — was killed in a car bomb attack at his residence in Kati, the garrison town just outside the capital

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Mali Under Russia’s Africa Corps: How Moscow’s Military Footprint Became Indispensable — and What It Costs

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Bamako | April 15, 2026 When Mali’s military junta formally ended its security partnership with France in 2022 and expelled French troops, it set in motion one of the most consequential realignments in modern African security politics. The successor arrangement — a deepening relationship with Russia’s Africa Corps — has transformed the military landscape of

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Russia’s Africa Corps: Inside the Shadow Network Reshaping Security Across the Sahel

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"We Do Not Feel Safe" — Fear Grips Mali Under Russia’s Africa Corps In the sand-swept corridors of Bamako’s hotels, among diplomats and aid workers who once spoke freely, a new climate of fear has taken hold. Since the arrival of Russia’s Africa Corps — formerly known as Wagner — in Mali, the nature of

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We Do Not Feel Safe: Civilians in Mali Live in Terror Under Russia Africa Corps

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In the ancient city of Kidal, deep in Mali’s troubled north, Russian flags fly openly now. Paramilitaries in sandy fatigues, identifiable by their distinctive insignia and their heavily armed convoys of white Toyota Hilux pickups, patrol streets that once bustled with Tuareg traders. Their presence was meant to bring security. Instead, it has brought a

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