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While Russia’s army is bogged down in Ukraine, its mercenaries are faring no better in Africa.

Bamako has cut ties with Kyiv, accusing it of complicity in an attack that killed Malian soldiers and Wagner troops.

Civilians who have been displaced by raids want to return home but say there is no protection for them there

Group affiliated with al-Qaida target army base and Timbuktu river boat as violence surges in region

UN experts say the group now controls rural areas in eastern Menaka and large parts of the Ansongo area in northern Gao.

Islamic State extremists have almost doubled the territory they control in Mali in less than a year, United Nations experts said in a new report.

Islamic State extremists have almost doubled the territory they control in Mali in less than a year, and their al-Qaida-linked rivals are capitalizing on the deadlock and perceived weakness of armed groups that signed a 2015 peace agreement, United Nations experts said in a new report.

Islamic State extremists have almost doubled the territory they control in Mali in less than a year, and their al-Qaida-linked rivals are also capitalizing on the deadlock and perceived weakness of armed groups that signed a 2015 peace agreement

A former jihadi fighter says the coup in Niger could boost the ability of Islamic extremists to recruit in the country, potentially increasing violence and further threatening the stability of Africa’s Sahel region