DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Russia-backed Wagner Group said Friday it is leaving Mali after more than three and a half years of fighting Islamic extremists and insurgents in the country.

Two years after Prigožin's death, Russian mercenaries remain in the field as employees of the Ministry of Defence. They are ...

Indian nationals abducted while Mali’s army and armed groups clash, raising concerns crisis could resonate beyond Sahel.

Russia has approximately 5,000 troops across Africa, actively engaged in military operations and forming strategic ...

In Africa’s turbulent Sahel region, the Al-Qaeda-linked JNIM jihadist group is expanding its influence by repeated massacres, ...

A British jury convicted three men of setting fire to a London warehouse where Ukrainian-bound equipment was being stored, a ...

Two years ago, the head of Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin ordered 25,000 of his troops to march towards Moscow. 24 hours later they were ordered to stand down. Two months later Prighozhin, his deputy and ...

The ringleader of the arsonists, Dylan Earl, admitted to working for Russia to commit the attack on the warehouses, which ...

For the governments of West Africa's Sahel region, the stakes are even higher. Gold is a lifeline for the military juntas of ...

Five years after taking power by force, Mali's junta leader, General Assimi Goita, has abandoned his promise of a democratic ...

Seven Malian army positions in western Mali, some near the Senegalese border, were targeted in coordinated attacks early Tuesday, according to a military statement. No death toll was provided and the ...

Mali and Russia have signed a series of agreements aimed at expanding mutual trade and strengthening economic ties. Among them is a pledge for greater cooperation on nuclear energy, according to ...