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What You Need to Know: US Imposes Sanctions on Malian Officials Linked to Wagner Mercenary Group The United States has taken a significant step by imposing sanctions on three high-ranking Malian officials, including the Minister of Defense, for their alleged involvement with the Russian mercenary group, Wagner. The sanctions come amid mounting concerns over Wagner's activities in Mali and their...

Following a unanimous vote by the United Nations Security Council, June 30 will be the final day of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, succinctly known as MINUSMA. The force at its height consisted of 13,289 military personnel and 1,920 police and had been deployed to the central African nation since April 2013 when it was requested...

The United Nations is reportedly planning on ending its decade-long peacekeeping mission in Mali by the end of this month  and will withdraw all of its personnel within six months, according to a draft Security Council resolution proposed by France that was seen by Reuters. This comes as the mission, called "MINUSMA," has faced increasing opposition by the Malian junta,...

The UN released a report on May 12th confirming Malian government responsibility in the massacre of 500+ civilians in the village of Moura, in March 2022. Accompanying the Malian troops, according to witnesses, were "armed white men" who "spoke an unknown language". While the report did not explicitly state who these "armed white men" were, initial investigations and witness...

Last week, the al-Qaeda affiliated militant group Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) released a proof of life video of kidnapped South African paramedic Gerco Van Deventer, who is now believed to be in Mali.  Deventer started his medical career in the military, where he served as a medic for the South African Special Forces. According to Deventer, he had...