Brussels 05.05.2026 The Russian Defense Ministry’s so-called African Corps officially confirmed that its fighters and Malian government forces have left the town of Kidal in the northeast of the African country following an attack by armed anti-government groups. (Image above: courtesy Morten Oddvik) 🇲🇱 🇷🇺 Footage has emerged of Russia's Africa Corps abandoning their barracks…
Tag: Mali
Mali: ongoing security crisis
Brussels 05.05.2026 Mali’s leader General Assimi GoĂŻta has been appointed as Defence Minister after the officer who previously held the post was killed in a wave of jihadist’s, and Tuareg’s rebels attacks.(Image above: courtesy Bob Brewer). The West African country has been going thought a security crisis for more than a week after an alliance…
Mali: Wagner PMC “returning home”
06.05.2025 The Private Military Company (PMC) Wagner has officially announced the completion of its mission in Mali. The company operated in the country for 3.5 years. During this time, the fighters destroyed “thousands of militants and their commanders”, helping the Malian armed forces regain control over all regional centers of the country. BIG: Russia's Wagner…
Mali: Ukraine-Russia conflict export
Brussels 22.08.2024 The governments of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, in a joint letter to the President of the UN Security Council, condemned the open support of the Ukrainian authorities for international terrorism in the Sahel region, demanding that the international community take measures to prevent these actions. In an official statement, the Foreign ministers…
Mali: PMC Wagner heavy causalities
Brussels 28.07.2024 In reports on social media during the ongoing clashes in Northern Mali following a Joint Wagner Group/Afrika Corps-Malian Army Offensive, the Russian Wagner PMC and Malian Ground Forces took heavy casualties following a Tuareg counter-offensive. In the outshirks of the city of Tinzahuatin, a convoy of the Russian Wagner PMC and an patrol…
Mali ends Algiers peace agreement
Brussels 29.01.2024 “The European Union regrets the decision taken by the transitional authorities to terminate the peace agreement signed in Algiers in 2015” reads the statement by the spokesperson of the European External Action service on the decision of Mali government to end the Algiers Peace Accord. “The civilian populations of the north of the…
Niger: EU mission continues its work in Niamey
Brussels 01.08.2023 The EU mission staff in Niamey, Niger, continues to work according to the European External Action Service spokesperson, and there are obligatory evacuations at this moment in time. However the EU is actively monitoring the security situation, and those who are willing have the opportunity to interrupt their mission, and repatriate. https://twitter.com/AnnaVanDensky/status/1686328095685451776?s=20 During…
Moura massacre: Borrell demands investigation
Brussels 16.05.2023 “The publication, by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, of the report on the events that took place in Moura, from March 27 to 31, 2022, confirms the multiple abuses and violations of human rights and the law international humanitarian crisis that occurred in the context of the…
Mali: Sévaré attack on Wagner group
Brussels 28.04.2023 Founder and boss of Russian private military company Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has defended his company’s activities in Africa, insisting that his involvement on the continent is mainly to defeat terrorism and help countries liberate their territories from insurgents. #Mali dans les premières heures de ce 22 avril, attaque du #JNIM #AQMI qui a…
Borrell: Lavrov “spreads lies” in Africa
Brussels 08.02.2023 “…Minister [of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Sergey] Lavrov is touring Africa again. These days, Mali and Eritrea; well, easy countries for them but others not so easy. Trying to spread lies about who is guilty for what is happening there” the EU top diplomat Josep Borrell (pictured) said, while addressing the European External…