Previous Malian governments and their French allies were unable to bring the country's security situation under control, and ...

Russian private mercenary operations in Mali have sowed resentment within the West African nation's army and military government, caused security lapses, and failed to yield any mining concessions, a ...

Analysis - A new report suggests that Niger, Burkina Faso - and Europe can learn a lot from Wagner's failure in Mali.

Wagner mercenaries pictured in Mali, 2024. A new report has cast a harsh light on the Wagner Group's three years in Mali, showing how the Russian mercenary group was a source of instability rather ...

Mali’s military has finally acknowledged a new tactic employed by jihadist fighters in the country’s decade-long unrest.

Two years after Yevgeny Prigozhin’s death, the Wagner Group is in meltdown in Mali ...

DAKAR (Reuters) -Russian private mercenary operations in Mali have sowed resentment within the West African nation's army and military government, caused security lapses, and failed to yield any ...

Mali's military government has sought to calm anger over a blockade by Islamist militants on major highways where lorry ...

Since 2023, eastern Mauritania has faced an unprecedented influx of Malian refugees fleeing violence from the Bamako army and Russian Wagner mercenaries. The arrivals have disrupted the fragile ...

As Western governments lament their waning influence across the Sahel – France handed over its last base in Chad in January, ...