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Added on the 12/01/2022 18:03:17 - Copyright : France 24 EN
There are increasing reports of Russian soldiers being deployed in Mali, believed to be fighters from the Wagner group. According to these exclusive photos, 200 of them are currently in Segou, 200 kilometres north-east of Bamako.
2022-01-10 18:08 Russian mercenaries in Mali : Photos show Wagner operatives in Segou
Today we focus on Mali, as the French military released drone videos showing Russian mercenaries burying bodies near a Malian military base. According to Paris, this to falsely accuse France's departing forces of leaving behind mass graves.
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 has deployed thousands of soldiers as part of an anti-jihadist force for nearly a decade, are strained to the point that Mali recently expelled the French ambassador. Meanwhile, the ruling junta in Bamako is welcoming new allies: members of the Russian paramilitary Wagner Group. Their presence has already been reported in certain areas of the country.
A video that shows park rangers in a helicopter in Central African Republic has been used to incorrectly point the finger at the French army for supporting terrorists in Mali. We take a closer look in this edition of Truth or Fake.
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