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France: Russia is funding Wagner Group mercenaries in Mali

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France has condemned the Malian transitional authorities’ decision to allow the deployment of the Wagner Group, and accused Moscow of funding the private military company’s use of mercenaries in the…

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  1. Federal News Network

    France: Russia is funding Wagner Group mercenaries in Mali (opens Federal News Network)

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    France has condemned the Malian transitional authorities’ decision to allow the deployment of the Wagner Group, and accused Moscow of funding the private military company’s use of mercenaries in the…

  2. France 24

    France, allies condemn 'deployment' of Russian Wagner mercenaries in Mali (opens France 24)

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    Over a dozen Western powers on Thursday strongly condemned the deployment in Mali of Russian mercenaries working for the controversial company Wagner, accusing Moscow of providing material backing fo…

  3. KRDO

    Arrival of Russian Wagner mercenaries in Mali condemned by European governments (opens KRDO)

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    By Tim Lister and Sebastian Shukla, CNN Sixteen European governments have issued a statement to “firmly condemn the deployment of mercenary troops” in the west African state of Mali. The 16 governments, including France, the United Kingdom, Italy and Germany, said they were aware of “the involvement…

  4. France 24

    Mali denies deployment of Russian mercenaries from Wagner Group (opens France 24)

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    Mali's government has denied any deployment of Russian mercenaries from the Wagner group following charges by a group of 15 Western powers involved in the fight against jihadists in the Sahel country…

  5. Deutsche Welle

    Mali denies using Russia's Wagner mercenaries | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    The government of Mali has refuted the use of Russian mercenaries from the Wagner Group. Western countries involved in fighting jihadis in the Sahel beg to differ.

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