US EditionKremlin says Russian forces will stay in Mali 'to fight extremism'
The Kremlin said Moscow will keep supporting Mali’s rulers as JNIM claims new gains and the army faces pressure around the capital.
- On Thursday, the Kremlin rejected demands from Tuareg separatists to withdraw forces from Mali, with spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirming Russia will "continue to provide assistance to the current government."
- Defence Minister Sadio Camara, the 47-year-old architect of Mali's pivot toward Moscow, died Saturday after suicide bombers struck his residence in Kati, outside the capital, Bamako.
- Coordinated attacks by Al-Qaeda-linked insurgents and Tuareg rebels forced the Africa Corps to retreat from Kidal, a strategic northern town the army had recaptured in 2023.
- The Al-Qaeda affiliate Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin captured the military base of Hombori and threatened a complete siege of Bamako, a city of 4 million people.
- During a visit to Paris on Wednesday, Azawad Liberation Front spokesman Mohamed Elmaouloud Ramadane said rebels intend to capture strongholds including Gao and Timbuktu, declaring "The regime will fall, sooner or later.
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Mali: Russia Vows to Keep Forces in Mali Despite Warning From Separatists to Withdraw
Russia said on Thursday its forces would remain in Mali and continue backing the country's military rulers, rejecting demands from Tuareg separatists to withdraw after surprise attacks forced Russian troops out of a key northern town.
Dmitri Peskov stressed that the presence of the so-called African Corps in that Sahelian country "responds to the need expressed by the current authorities."
Russia vows to keep forces in Mali despite warning from separatists to withdraw
Russia said on Thursday its forces would remain in Mali and continue backing the country’s military rulers, rejecting demands from Tuareg separatists to withdraw after surprise attacks forced Russian troops out of a key northern town.
Last Monday the Islamist insurgents of Mali, in their attempt to overthrow the government, ran into the Russian mercenaries of the Africa Corps, officially called the Russian Expeditionary Corps. The next day, the local authorities celebrated the military success of their troops and the so-called Russian contractors who supported them in the fight to prevent the coup d’état that took place in the African country. “I lack words to praise the acti…
Kremlin says Russian forces will stay in Mali as insurgents press attacks
MOSCOW/BAMAKO, April 30 - The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russian forces would stay in Mali to help the military-led government battle insurgents as West Africa's al Qaeda affiliate claimed to have seized more territory. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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