Al-Qaida chief’s killing comes as group gains ground in African conflict zones
UN says terror organisation, whose affiliate recently attacked Mali’s most important military base, ‘is once again the leader of global jihad’ It was one of...
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Call for hippos to join list of world’s most endangered animals
New classification would mean a total ban on international trade in the animal’s body parts, as climate crisis and poaching hit populations Hippos could be...
Russian mercenaries linked to civilian massacres in Mali
Exclusive: Internal Malian army documents show Wagner operatives took part in ‘mixed missions’ Russian mercenaries in Africa have been linked to massacres in which several...
Presence of Russian mercenaries in Mali risks bloody backlash, say experts
Analysis: Wagner Group ‘like a bull in a china shop’ in unstable parts of Africa, say experts Western officials told the Guardian earlier this year...
Wagner-linked Putin ally: ‘Dying west thinks Russians are third world scum’
Yevgeny Prigozhin accused of financing Wagner mercenary group responds to accusations of massacres in Mali A Russian businessman and close ally of Vladimir Putin accused...
Mali jihadists claim capture of fighter from Russia’s Wagner group
Islamist group says it captured mercenary from Kremlin-linked private security firm A jihadist group in Mali claims to have captured a fighter from the Kremlin-linked...
France says Russian mercenaries staged ‘French atrocity’ in Mali
Army says it filmed mercenaries burying bodies to falsely accuse France of leaving behind mass graves The French army says it has filmed Russian mercenaries...
Russian mercenaries and Mali army accused of killing 300 civilians
Human Rights Watch says deaths during anti-jihadist operation in Moura ‘the worst atrocity in Mali in a decade’ Suspected Russian mercenaries participated in an operation...
