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Mali in Crisis as Russian Forces Withdraw from Kidal, Rebels Seize Strategic City

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Mali is facing its most severe security crisis in years after Russian paramilitary forces withdrew from the strategic northern city of Kidal, allowing jihadist and Tuareg rebel forces to seize control of a stronghold that had long symbolized the state’s authority over its restive north. The withdrawal, confirmed by Russia’s Africa Corps on Saturday, came […]

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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 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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