Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Russia’s Wagner squad captured by Mali Jihadists

A jihadist organisation in Mali claims to have arrested a member of the Wagner mercenary squad, which is tied to the Kremlin and is apparently battling Islamist militants in the west African country. “We arrested a soldier of the Russian Wagner troops in the Segou district of central Mali in the first week of April,” … Read more

Mali jihadists said arrested fighter with Russia’s Wagner

Russian fighter

The country’s largest jihadist alliance claims to have arrested a Russian fighter working for Wagner, a Kremlin-linked security agency purportedly hired by the military junta. The claim was made in a statement sent to AFP late Sunday by the Group to Support Islam and Muslims (GSIM), although it provided no evidence to support the assertion. … Read more