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The operation began on 27 March when government forces entered the town of Moura. [9] Military helicopters landed near the town's market, the soldiers stepped out and approached a group of around 30 jihadists, who fired at them, killing at least two white soldiers (most likely from the Wagner Group) and an unknown number of government ones.
The United Nations expressed concern about the Hombori massacre, as it came just a month after Mali and Wagner troops killed around 300 civilians in Moura. [9] On 23 April, just four days after the massacre in Hombori, clashes in Mondoro and Boni killed several Malian and Wagner troops. [7]
The Russian mercenary group known as Wagner is helping government forces in central and northern Mali carry out raids and drone strikes that have killed scores of civilians, including many ...
Amid upheavals in Mali, the Central African Republic, Niger and Burkina Faso, Russian elements with the backing of the Kremlin have stepped in to usurp traditional French influence, beginning in ...
The ensuing fighting saw dozens of Malian and Wagner forces killed, injured or captured and resulted in the rebels claiming control of the commune. FAMa acknowledged that it suffered heavy losses, while inflicting over 20 casualties on the rebels. CSP claimed that around 84 Wagner mercenaries and 47 Malian soldiers were killed.
Among the dozens of Wagner mercenaries presumed dead after a lethal battle with Tuareg rebels during a desert sandstorm in Mali in July were Russian war veterans who survived tours in Ukraine ...
Malian and Wagner forces also poisoned water wells to kill livestock and civilians in Abeibara. [1] [2] The exact death toll of the massacres is unknown. JNIM reported that 15 people were killed. [2] RFI reported that all of the people were killed were civilians, with the exception of one CSP-PSD fighter and one to six JNIM jihadists. [1]
Russia's Wagner mercenary group said on Monday that its fighters and Malian soldiers took losses in heavy fighting against Tuareg rebels near Mali's border with Algeria. Mali, where military ...