Mali Rebels Attack Russian Africa Corps Convoy
FLA said the convoy carried more than 200 Russian fighters and more than 100 Malian soldiers as fighting continued near Anefis.
- On Thursday, Tuareg rebels from the Azawad Liberation Front attacked a convoy of Russian Africa Corps mercenaries and Malian soldiers near the northern town of Anefis.
- Controlling Anefis is vital for the government to maintain a grip on the northern town of Kidal, which remains a stronghold of the Tuareg group.
- The convoy carried more than 200 Russian fighters and about 100 Malian soldiers; FLA spokesperson Mohamed Elmaouloud Ramadane said troops engaged the reinforcement force, which is composed 90 percent of Russian mercenaries.
- Security sources confirmed fighting is ongoing after the convoy fell into an ambush, with the force described as having "dozens of vehicles with air cover" and Niger reportedly providing air support.
- Mali has faced insurgencies since 2012, and two back-to-back military coups in 2020 and 2021 alongside Africa Corps support have thus far failed to quell the unrest.
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Insurgent Tuareg and jihadists have attacked Russian mercenaries from the so-called Africa Corps. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meanwhile recruits the powerful in Portugal's former colony Mozambique.
The convoy is said to have transported more than 200 Russian fighters and over 100 Malian soldiers.
In Mali, the army convoy that departed Gao on Tuesday for Anéfis, in the Kidal region, is currently under fire from JNIM jihadists and FLA separatists. The convoy, composed of some sixty vehicles carrying soldiers from the Malian army and the Africa Corps, as well as military equipment, is intended to reinforce troops holding the Anéfis military camp. The battle for control of the camp began last Saturday with a joint FLA-JNIM attack. Since then…
A convoy carrying hundreds of Russian mercenaries was attacked in Mali - media A convoy carrying Malian soldiers and fighters from the Russian "African Corps" was attacked in northern Mali. The convoy included more than 200 Russian fighters and 100 Malian servicemen.
The Russian Afrika Korps is supporting Mali's military junta in its fight against insurgents. Now, a convoy carrying Kremlin mercenaries and Malian soldiers has come under fire. Niger's air force is coming to the aid of the attacked.
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allAfricaMali rebels attack convoy of soldiers, Russian mercenaries
The convoy was bringing hundreds of personnel in reinforcement in northern Mali, where the Malian army and Russian paramilitaries are fighting jihadist and separatist militants.
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