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Al Qaeda affiliate claims attack on Mali's main military base
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAl Qaeda's affiliate in Mali claimed responsibility on Saturday for an attack on the country's main...
Wagner Group fighters implicated in the killing of hundreds of unarmed civilians in West African...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis undated photograph handed out by French military shows Russian mercenaries boarding a...
UN human rights report says at least 500 believed to have died in Mali village massacre last year
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMalian forces backed by foreign military personnel are believed to have killed at least 500 people over several days in a village last year, the U.N. said Friday, significantly raising the death ...
In Niger, China's path to stability may diverge from Western security priorities
South China Morning Post via Yahoo Finance· 10 months agoLess than two weeks after a military coup in the West African country of Niger, China is unlikely to...
Russian mercenaries helping Putin fight his war in Ukraine appear to have also killed hundreds of...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis undated photograph handed out by the French military shows Russian mercenaries boarding a...
Survivors Say Putin’s Private Army Filmed Sex Assault Victims Stripped Naked
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPhoto Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyABUJA, Nigeria—Survivors of an armed raid...
At least 50 killed in April by Malian army, 'foreign troops' -U.N. report
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDAKAR (Reuters) -At least 50 civilians were killed during a military operation conducted by Mali's army and "foreign troops" on April 19, the United Nations said in a report on Wednesday. The ...
UN experts seek probe into possible war crimes by Mali, Russia's Wagner
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMali, whose government took power in a 2021 military coup, have previously said Russian forces in the West African country are not mercenaries but trainers helping local troops with equipment ...
Islamic State affiliate kills 30 civilians in Mali raid, militia says
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMembers of an Islamic State affiliate in Mali killed about 30 civilians in an attack this week on a town in a violence-plagued area bordering Burkina Faso and Niger, a coalition of pro-government ...
US sanctions head of Russia's Wagner Group in Mali, accused of arms trafficking for Ukraine fight
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe U.S. on Thursday sanctioned the leader of Russia's paramilitary Wagner Group in Mali, citing what it said were indications that the Kremlin was trying to use the West African nation as a ...