Reuters exclusively reports deal allowing Russian mercenaries into Mali is close

Reuters exclusively reported that a deal is close that would allow Russian mercenaries into Mali, extending Russian influence over security […] The post Reuters exclusively reports deal allowing Russian mercenaries into Mali is close appeared first on Reuters News Agency.

Reuters exclusively reports deal allowing Russian mercenaries into Mali is close

Reuters exclusively reported that a deal is close that would allow Russian mercenaries into Mali, extending Russian influence over security affairs in West Africa and triggering opposition from former colonial power France. Paris has begun a diplomatic drive to prevent the military junta in Mali enacting the deal, which would permit Russian private military contractors, the Wagner Group, to operate in the former French colony.

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