Mali civilians face escalating violence as Africa Corps replaces Wagner with no improvement in security. A landmark case at the African Court exposes the crisis.
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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
"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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Burkina Faso has long been one of the world’s most overlooked crises. A country of roughly 23 million people, it has been caught in a grinding conflict involving jihadist insurgents, government forces, and community militias that has defied easy solution. Now a major new Human Rights Watch report has laid out in damning detail the
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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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