Algeria, Mali
Moscow aims to ease tensions between Algiers and Bamako

Niger Foreign Minister Bakary Yaou Sangare, Mali's Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Burkina Faso Foreign Minister Karamoko Jean Marie Traore in Moscow on 3 April 2025.
Niger Foreign Minister Bakary Yaou Sangare, Mali's Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Burkina Faso Foreign Minister Karamoko Jean Marie Traore in Moscow on 3 April 2025. © Pavel Bednyakov/AFP
To defuse tensions with Mali's northern neighbour, Russia is counting on bringing the security situation in the country back under control by replacing paramilitary group Wagner with Africa Corps. [...]
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