Its replacement had been underway for months. He is now officially finalized. Friday, June 6, the Russian group Wagner announced on its main Telegram channel Son “Back home” after “Accomplished” Its mission in Mali, where its mercenaries have been present since December 2021. This departure does not mean the end of the Russian presence in the country for the same time: it is now embodied by Africa Corps, the device put in place by the Ministry of Russian Defense to manage its interests in Africa since death, in August 2023, of the influential Evgueni Prigojine, founder of Wagner who had dared Vladimir Putin two months earlier.
In his message, accompanied by a propaganda video celebrating his record in Mali, the private military society at the head of skull welcomes “The main task” for which she had been hired by the junta led by General Assimi Goïta: the return of “All regional capitals (…) under the control of the legitimate authorities “. This successful success is very relative. Three and a half years after the arrival in Mali of up to 2,500 Mercenaries of Wagner, large sections of the territory remain under control of jihadist groups.
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Source: Lemonde