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Category: Wagner Group

AQ

What’s going on in Mali?! Could Bamako really fall to AQ-affiliated terrorists?

Royce de Melo, April 25, 2026April 28, 2026

⚠️ 🔴 Al Jazeera live updates reports: Mali attacks live: Coordinated attacks in Bamako, Kati, Kidal and elsewhere: See: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/4/25/mali-attacks-live-gunfire-heard-near-bamako-airport-and-in-several-cities ◉ Gunmen have attacked Mali’s capital, Bamako, and several locations across the country, says Mali’s army in an apparently coordinated ⁠assault involving multiple groups. ◉ Two loud explosions and sustained gunfire were…

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Mali

Great Report about PMCs Arms Control and Wagner in Mali, But Falls Short Understanding Arms Procurement Processes and Usage

Royce de Melo, October 20, 2025October 27, 2025

This is an interesting and very insightful report by Global Initiative called ‘Private military companies and arms control challenges, The Wagner group in Mali‘. There is a bit in the report about Russians not getting along with the Malian troops are entirely in line with expectations. In Mozambique a few…

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