The ruling junta is losing the war against Malian rebel and Islamist units. Ex-Wagner personnel from the Africa Corps negotiated an evacuation from a base, and Mali’s defence minister, a supporter of cooperation with Russia, was killed in an attack on the country’s capital, Bamako. What is happening in Mali? Mali is a gold-rich country in West Africa. It has been in a permanent state of war since 2012. At that time, elected president Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta could count on support from French

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