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The Wagner Group Just Ran from Mali. Here’s Why it Matters.

Simon Whistler · June 11, 2025 · 16 min video · Africa

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In the open deserts, on the edge of the Sahara, Russian mercenaries have fought a bitter war against jihadist operatives for years.

Trading their guns, their expertise in the times, their lives, in exchange of critical resources and cash from the Sahel region's triumph, military regimes, Wagner have been locked into battle with a violent terrorist organization known as JNIM.

Those battles have been at their most intense in the nation of Mali, a vast expanse at the time of uranium, gold, and about 22 million people.

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