Russia's Wagner has deadliest loss in Africa’s Sahel, highlighting the region's instability
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Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Dozens of Wagner mercenaries were killed by jihadis and rebels over the weekend in northern Mali in what one analyst describes as the largest battleground blow to the shadowy Russian group in years. At least two others were taken captive.
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Rebel coalition in Mali claims to have killed dozens of soldiers and Russian Wagner mercenaries
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Russia's Wagner has deadliest loss in Africa’s Sahel, highlighting the region's instability
A coalition of armed groups in Mali’s predominantly Tuareg north claims that it killed dozens of government soldiers and Russian mercenaries from the Wagner group in a battle near the...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Dozens of Wagner mercenaries were killed by jihadis and rebels over the weekend in northern Mali in what one analyst described on Monday as the largest battleground blow to the shadowy Russian group in years. At least two others were taken captive.
Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Dozens of Wagner mercenaries were killed by jihadis and rebels over the weekend in northern Mali in what one analyst describes as the largest battleground blow to the shadowy Russian group in years. At least two others were taken captive.
The video is as triumphant as it is gruesome. Rebel fighters, rifles slung over their shoulders, step among more than a dozen bodies strewn across the sand and rocks. Off camera, the pop of gunshots can be heard.
Dozens of Russia's Wagner mercenaries were killed in a brutal ambush over the weekend by Tuareg rebels in northern Mali following days of fighting near Algeria's border.
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