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Mali: Jihadists Claim to Have Captured Fighter With Russia's Wagner Group
RFI, 26 April 2022
Jihadists in Mali say they have captured a fighter working for Wagner, the Russian private security firm hired by the country's military junta to train the military - though France… Read more »
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Sudan: West Darfur Violence Leaves 200+ Dead - 'Cautious Calm' As Hospitals, Markets Stay Closed
Dabanga, 27 April 2022
Health facilities, markets, and other institutions remain closed despite a 'cautious calm' reported from El Geneina and Kereinik in West Darfur. At least 200 people, including… Read more »
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Mali: Extremist Group Claims Abduction of Russian Mercenary
VOA, 26 April 2022
Al-Qaida-linked militants in Mali say they have captured at least one Russian mercenary from the Wagner Group, a private military company with alleged links to Russian President… Read more »
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Mali: Mali Accuses France of Spying After Video Emerges of Mass Grave
RFI, 27 April 2022
Mali has reprimanded France for "spying" after the French military released a video of what it alleged were Russian mercenaries burying bodies at a mass grave. Read more »
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Mali: French Army Accuses Russian Mercenaries of Smear Campaign in Mali
RFI, 22 April 2022
The French military says it has filmed Russian mercenaries burying bodies near a military base in northern Mali and alleges it is part of a smear campaign to accuse France's… Read more »
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Mali: UN Investigators Denied Access to Site of Killings
RFI, 21 April 2022
The United Nations says it is "extremely concerned" that Mali has not allowed independent investigators to visit the town of Moura, where local troops and suspected Russian… Read more »
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Mali: UN Support in Mali Could Continue Despite Rights Probe Refusal
VOA, 23 April 2022
Mali's prime minister says Mali will renew the U.N. support mission in Mali, even as U.N. efforts to investigate alleged human rights abuses are being blocked by Mali's military… Read more »
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Mali: France Says Russians Buried Bodies in Smear Effort
DW, 22 April 2022
The French military says it has filmed Russian mercenaries burying bodies near an army base in northern Mali. France says it suspects the operation was part of a disinformation… Read more »
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Mali: Three Army Bases Simultaneously Attacked
VOA, 24 April 2022
Six soldiers are dead and 20 wounded after Malian Army bases in the central cities of Sévaré, Niono, and Bapho were simultaneously attacked this morning by suspected… Read more »
Militants Claim Capture of Russian Mercenary in Mali
Militants in Mali say they have captured at least one Russian mercenary from the Wagner Group, a private military company with alleged links to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Several countries have accused Mali's military government of working with forces from the Wagner Group, a shadowy private company that has provided Russian mercenaries to several countries, including Libya, Syria and the Central African Republic. The Mali government denies any links with the Wagner Group, saying it only works with official "Russian trainers."
On April 23, 2022 the French army released drone surveillance video footage, showing mercenaries allegedly burying bodies in the sand near Gossi, Mali, where the French army withdrew last week. The army claims it is an attempted smear campaign to later accuse them of leaving mass graves.
Similar video circulated on Twitter two days earlier , accusing French forces of killing the people seen in the video.
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