Arrival of Russian Wagner mercenaries in Mali condemned by European governments

Published:Dec 7, 202310:57
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The 16 governments, together with France, the United Kingdom, Italy and Germany, stated they had been conscious of "the involvement of the Russian Federation government in providing material support to the deployment of the Wagner group in Mali and call on Russia to revert to a responsible and constructive behavior in the region."
The Wagner group, a infamous Russian paramilitary firm, and related navy contractors have been beforehand deployed to jap Ukraine, Syria, Libya, Mozambique and the Central African Republic, in accordance with a number of CNN investigations.
Earlier this week, flight-tracking knowledge confirmed a Russian Air Force Tu-154 flying to the Malian capital, Bamako, from Benghazi in Libya, the place Wagner has had a presence in help of forces led by Khalifa Haftar, a renegade common who leads the self-styled Libyan National Army.
The plane belonged to the Russian Air Force 223rd Flight. The Russian Defense Ministry had beforehand signed a contract, particulars of which had been seen by CNN, with an organization owned by Yevgeny Prigozhin for the use of transport plane of the 223rd Flight. Prigozhin, an oligarch so near the Kremlin that he's referred to as President Vladimir Putin's "chef," is considered the driving drive behind the Wagner group.
The European states stated the deployment to Mali "can only further deteriorate the security situation in West Africa.
CNN reported earlier this year on human rights abuses, including arbitrary killings and torture of civilians, by Russian mercenaries in Central African Republic.
Last week, the European Union imposed sanctions against Wagner; eight individuals associated with the group; and three entities connected to it because of what it called "severe human rights abuses, together with torture and extrajudicial, abstract or arbitrary executions and killings."Mali has confronted a long-running jihadi insurgency which has killed 1000's of civilians. A UN peacekeeping mission, MINUSMA, has been unable to quell the violence, which has price the lives of greater than 150 of its troopers.



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