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France Halts Counter-Terror Ties with Mali, Expels Diplomats

Paris has suspended counter-terrorism cooperation with Mali and ordered two Malian diplomats to leave after the arrest of a French envoy in Bamako, a French diplomatic source told AFP on Friday. Authorities in the West African nation said last month that a French national had been arrested on suspicion of working for Paris's intelligence ...

Wagner Replaced by Russia's Africa Corp in Mali

The Russian paramilitary group Wagner has left Mali and its units there have been taken over by the Moscow-run Africa Corps, diplomatic and security sources told AFP on Sunday. "Officially, Wagner is no longer present in Mali. But the Africa Corps is stepping up," one diplomatic source in the Sahel region said. A Telegram account ...

France Concludes Anti-Jihadist Operations in Sahel After Decade

The last French troops have withdrawn from Niger, concluding over a decade of anti-jihadist operations in the Sahel, amid strained relations and regional coups. The last French troops withdrew from Niger on Friday, marking an end to more than a decade of French anti-jihadist operations in West Africa's Sahel region, as reported by AFP and ...