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The United States will soon announce measures against Russia's Wagner mercenary group over its past activities in Africa, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller says during a news briefing. SOUNDBITE
Images of Red Square in Moscow and military patrols outside the State Duma as the Wagner mercenary group stages a mutiny, seizing control of military facilities in Rostov-on-Don in the south and vowing to topple Russia's military leadership. IMAGES
In Bamako, a voter heads to the polling station to have his say in the referendum on the governing junta's constitution. The west African nation has been under military rule since an August 2020 coup. Some 8.4 million citizens are eligible to vote "yes" or "no" on the draft constitution in the first electoral test for leader Colonel Assimi Goita, 40, who has vowed to lead the country back to civilian rule in 2024 elections. IMAGES
The United States has "deep concern about the engagement" of the Russian paramilitary force Wagner Group in Sudan, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says during a news conference in Washington. SOUNDBITE
White House national security spokesman John Kirby tells reporters that the United States have designated Russia's Wagner group as a "transnational criminal organization," raising pressure on the private Russian army fighting in Ukraine. SOUNDBITE
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