Foreign Policy published on 10 September 2024 an article titled "How Foreign Intervention Failed Mali" by John A. Lechner, Sergey Eledinov, and Adam Sandor.
The article explains how first the French and now the Russian mercenary force in Mali failed to defeat Tuareg separatists.
The Hill published on 23 October 2023 a commentary titled "As France Pulls Out of Africa, Will Russia Step In?" by Eliot Wilson.
A spate to military coups in Africa is forcing France to pull troops from the continent--1,500 by the end of the year from Niger, 5,000 out of Mali last summer, and 400 special forces from Burkina Faso this February. These countries will look for new allies to keep jihadis at bay and Russia's mercenary Wagner Group may be the organization of choice.
World Politics Review published on 23 September 2021 a commentary titled "The Wagner Group Is the Last Thing Mali Needs" by Chris Olaoluwa Ogunmodede.
The author concludes that the presence of the Wagner Group, essentially a Russian mercenary organization, would be disastrous for Mali, given the abuses it has been accused of committing in other countries.
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