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The Russia Supported Wagner Group He said Friday leaves little after more than three and a half years fight against Islamic extremists and rebels in the country.

Despite Wagner’s announcement, Russia will still have a mercenary presence in the West African country. The African Corps, the Russian paramilitary force controlled, said at his telegram channel on Friday that devil of deviation would not introduce any changes and the Russian contingent will remain in Mali.

Wagner is a group of entities acting as a private military company or PMC. These PMC can hire government for safety or combat services.

“The mission achieved. The private military company Wagner returns home,” the group announced through its channel on the Messaging Application Telegram. He said he brought all the regional capital under the control of the Malian army, pushed armed militants and killed his commanders.

Mali, next to the neighbors Burkina Faso and Niger, has been struggling for a rebellion that fought armed groups, including some allies with Al-Qaida and the Islamic state group.

Just as Western influence in the Waned region, Russia sought to step into vacuum, sweep with the help offers. Initially, Moscow expanded its military cooperation with the African nations using the Wagner group of mercenaries. But since the group leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, bio killed in a plane crash 2023. yearsAfter installing a short armed rebellion in Russia, which challenged the rule of President Vladimir Putin, Moscow develops African Corps as a rival force for Wagner.

The African Corps is under the Direct Command of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

According to American officials, there are about 2,000 mercenaries in Mali. It is unclear how much with Wagner and how part of the African Corps.

Beverly Ochieng, Security Analyst Specializer for Risk Control Consultants, said that the Russian Ministry of Defense was negotiating with Mali to take over the more African Corps Borcish Borcish to join the Russian paramilitary force of the state state.

“From the coming, Russia had the whole plan to get the Wagner Group under the command of the defense. One of the steps of the paramilitary forces to keep the presence in which Wagner Group,” Wagner Group said.

Wagner was present in Mali from the end of 2021. After military strike, replacing French troops and international peacekeeping force to fight militants. But the Malian army and Russian mercenaries were struggling to combat violence in the country and are both accused of targeting civilians.

Last month, the United Nations experts called on Malian authorities to explore reports on alleged summary executions and forced disappearances Wagner Mercenaries and the Army.

In December, human rights view the accused males of the Armed Forces and the Wagner Group deliberately kill at least 32 civilians in the 8-month range.

The announcement of Wagner’s withdrawal comes as a Malian army and Russian mercenaries have suffered large losses during al-Qaide attacks related groups to the Latter Week.

Last week, the fighters of the JNIM killed dozens of soldiers in the attack on the military base in central little.

Reed Lyammouri, Sahel Center for Policy Center based in Morocco for New South, said that the main losses could have caused the possible end of the Wagner Mission.

“The lack of official and mutual announcement and Malog and Wagner indicate a possible internal dispute that led to this sudden decision. At the same time, it could indicate a new framework for the Russian presence in the country,” he said.

The Wagnera replacement with corps troops would probably change the focus of Russia to Mali to fight with the Maliman army to the training, said Ulf Ressing, Sahel Foundation in Konrad Adenauer Foundation.

“The African Corps has a lighter imprint and focuses on training, providing equipment and running protection services. They are struggling less than” RAMBO-type “mercenaries,” Bassing said.