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Putin's private militia's plot to kill Ukrainian President Zelensky within DAYS

Experts on the network of military contractors known as the Wagner group say they have been on the ground in Ukraine for at least a month

Daily Mirror

Hit squad of 400 mercenaries under Kremlin orders to assassinate Volodymyr Zelensky

The Wagner Group, a private militia run by one of Vladimir Putin’s closest allies, flew in mercenaries from Africa five weeks ago, it has been reported

Daily Mirror

Mission abort: What next for Mali after French-led withdrawal?

It's not a question of if but how: France's president is hosting African and European allies before the announcement of a withdrawal from Mali. Relations have seriously soured with the junta in Bamako ever since a second coup in as many years and the cozying up of the military to…

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'Join Wagner' website bears telltale signs of Russian propaganda

Pictures taken out of context, a fake map and enticing visuals: a website that went online in November and bills itself as a recruitment platform for the Russian paramilitary group Wagner seems – at first glance – to be a scam. But a closer look at some of the site's…

France 24

Shadow of Russia's Wagner Group looms large over post-coup Mali

Colonel Assimi Goïta, who took power in Mali in an August 2020 coup, has been slow to put in place a promised transition to civilian rule. Now under international sanctions, the country has been gripped by nationalist and pan-African fever for several weeks. Relations with former colonial power France, which…

France 24

While the focus is on Ukraine, Russia’s presence in the Sahel is steadily growing

With Russian mercenaries invited to Mali as European forces withdraw, how worried should the west be about Russia’s increasing influence across Africa?

The Guardian - UK

What next for world powers in war-torn Libya?

The presence of both Turkish and Russian forces in the North African country is deeply unsettling to European powers.

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US army confirms Russian mercenaries in Mali

Washington (AFP) - The US army has confirmed the presence of Russian mercenaries from the Wagner group in Mali, which the African nation's government has denied amid increasingly strained relations with the West.

AFP

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