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Wagner vs Africa Corps: The future of Russian paramilitaries in Mali

As mercenaries leave Mali, experts say remaining Kremlin-controlled Africa Corps is more than just ‘Wagner rebranded’.

Al Jazeera

International investigation reveals Wagner Group's secret prisons in Mali

A collaborative investigation by international media outlets has uncovered secret prisons run by Russian Wagner mercenaries in Mali, where abuse and torture are carried out with impunity. Reporters with the Forbidden Stories consortium – which includes RFI's sister channel France 24 – reveal how the Wagner paramilitary group duplicated methods…

Radio France Internationale

Russia skirts Western sanctions to ramp up its military footprint in Africa

Even as it pursues its invasion of Ukraine, Russia is also expanding its military footprint in Africa

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Russia plans to boost economic and military ties in Africa

Kremlin announcement comes as Wagner Group quits West African state of Mali.

Al Jazeera

Wagner gets replaced in Mali by Africa Corp, another Russian military group

The Russian paramilitary group Wagner has left Mali and its units there have been taken over by the Moscow-run Africa Corps, diplomatic and security sources told journalists on Sunday.

Radio France Internationale

Russia’s Wagner mercenaries leaving Mali, Africa Corps to remain

The shift brings Russian support to ‘a more fundamental level’, says Kremlin-backed paramilitary force Africa Corps.

Al Jazeera

Thirteen on trial over 'racist' stunt targeting French-Malian singer Aya Nakamura

Thirteen people linked to a far-right group appeared in a Paris court on Wednesday on charges of publicly inciting racial hatred against French-Malian singer Aya Nakamura, who faced harassment over her performance at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics.

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Extremists kill dozens of soldiers at a Mali military base, sources say

Extremists have killed dozens of soldiers in an attack on a military base in Mali

The Independent UK

Al-Qaida affiliate attacks Mali army bases as junta struggles to contain jihadist threat

Attack in Timbuktu comes as Islamist group JNIM claims separate assault near border with Burkina Faso

The Guardian - UK

Togo’s citizens want to leave Ecowas – new survey suggests why

A survey of Togolese citizens recently looked into perceptions of their government’s handling of the terrorist threat in the northern region and of the Alliance of Sahel States – Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. The survey was carried out by Afrobarometer, an independent, pan-African research network, in partnership with the…

The Conversation

Funding terror: how west Africa’s deadly jihadists get the money they need to survive

The west Africa–Sahel region has seen a proliferation of militant Islamist groups since the 1990s.

The Conversation

In Mali, USAID funding cuts hit a local language learning program that empowered thousands

U.S. funding cuts have hit a local language learning program in Mali that empowered thousands

The Independent UK

‘Xenophobic’: Neighbours outraged over Mauritania’s mass migrant pushback

Governments of Senegal and Mali are angry at how their nationals are being treated in the northwest African nation.

Al Jazeera

Mali dissolves all political parties as opposition figures disappear

Mali’s military government has shut down all political parties and banned their activities across the country. Anyone who disobeys the order faces sanctions.

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Mali's leader dissolves political parties and bans meetings of their members

A government official says the president of Mali’s transitional government has signed a decree dissolving political parties amid a backdrop of pro-democracy opposition

Al Jazeera

Mali dissolves all political parties after opposition figures ‘arrested’

Human rights groups say politicians have been forcibly disappeared in recent days

International Business Times

Mali Dissolves Political Parties In Blow To Junta Critics

Mali's military government on Tuesday dissolved the west African country's political parties, according to a presidency decree, the latest attempt to clamp down on the opposition since the junta seized power.

Guitar World

“We’re an African band who make hard rock. Before Songhoy Blues, you’d never hear anyone do this. It’s like a little Rolling Stones from Mali”: Songhoy Blues’ Garba Touré created his own crossover guitar style – now he’s changing it up again

From “African rock, African roll” to a new exploration of traditional instruments, techniques and tunings – the exiled artist continues to build bridges with new album Héritage

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Where do jihadist groups in the Sahel get their weapons?

Jihadist groups in the Sahel region are arming themselves largely through looting their countries' own military stockpiles, new research reveals, debunking theories that jihadists are being supplied by foreign weapons pipelines such as France.

The Independent UK

2 activists who criticized Mali military rulers were seized and taken away, relatives say

At least two Malian pro-democracy activists have been taken away in Bamako by armed men after criticizing the military government and calling for a return to constitutional order and elections

Radio France Internationale

Malian political parties postpone banned protest but vow to fight on

Around 100 political parties in Mali have rejected the military junta’s suspension of all political activity and vowed to reschedule a banned protest. The move comes amid growing anger over plans to extend the junta leader’s rule by five years and dissolve all parties.

Al Jazeera

‘A step too far’: Mali military’s move to hold on to power prompts revolt

Civic spaces are shrinking under Goita’s rule, democracy activists say, as the military suspends ‘political activity’.

Al Jazeera

Mali’s military government suspends political parties’ activities

Decree signed by General Goita suspends activities ‘until further notice’, citing ‘reasons of public order’.

The Independent UK

Mali's military government is suspending political parties' activities, state TV says

State media say Mali’s military government has announced the suspension of political party activities in the West African country “until further notice.”

Radio France Internationale

Protests grow in Mali as opposition leader faces trial over junta criticism

A prominent opposition leader in Mali will stand trial next month for criticising the country’s military rulers, as tensions escalate over a plan to dissolve political parties and delay a return to civilian rule. The arrest of Mamadou Traoré, a vocal critic of the junta, comes amid protests in Bamako…

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