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This month, the Russian mercenary outfit Wagner Group announced its total withdrawal from Mali, claiming it had completed its mission after three and a half years of operations in the West African ...

The rebellious mercenary soldiers who briefly took over a Russian military headquarters on a march toward Moscow have subsided, but how the revolt of the mercenaries impacted Russian President ...

DAKAR (Reuters) -Russian private mercenary operations in Mali have sowed resentment within the West African nation's army and military government, caused security lapses, and failed to yield any ...

Warning: This story contains descriptions of torture and physical violence. Some readers may find it distressing. A shopkeeper has told the BBC how Russian mercenaries fighting jihadists in Mali ...

The Wagner mercenary group is facing an “ammunition hunger” in Bakhmut city, something that can lead to the collapse of the entire front Russia has captured from Ukraine, its chief said. This is the ...

The owner of the Wagner private military group on Friday called for an armed rebellion against Russia's Defense Minister. Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed his mercenary forces had reached the Russian city of ...

Around 20 people were killed in northern Mali on Monday when the vehicles they were travelling in came under attack, with local sources telling Agence France-Presse that Wagner mercenaries and Mali's ...

DAKAR, Senegal -- The Russia-backed Wagner Group said Friday it is leaving Mali after more than three and a half years of fighting Islamic extremists and insurgents in the country. Despite Wagner's ...