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Russia claims its Africa Corps group prevented coup in Mali after rebels seize towns

Kremlin-controlled paramilitaries also alleged it inflicted ‘irreplaceable losses’ on insurgents avoiding civilian casualties Russia’s defence ministry has claimed its Africa Corps – the successor to the former Wagner mercenary group…

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Russia's Africa Corps group has reportedly intervened in Mali, preventing a coup according to the Russian defense ministry. The group, successor to the former Wagner mercenary group, claimed to have fought off rebel insurgents in the town of Kidal, near the Algerian border, for over 24 hours while vastly outnumbered and surrounded. Russia's defense ministry also alleged that the rebels had suffered "irreplaceable losses" and that the Africa Corps had avoided mass civilian casualties.

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