RUSSIAN FORCES TO STAY IN MALI TO FIGHT TERRORISM: KREMLIN. (PHOTO).

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 Russian forces to stay in Mali to fight terrorism: Kremlin The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russian forces would stay in Mali to help the country's government battle terrorists following an offensive over the weekend by Tuareg-led separatists and terrorists. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov made the statement after being asked by a reporter how Russia responded to a purported statement from the terrorists saying they wanted Russia to leave Mali. "Russia's presence there is, in fact, due to the need identified by the current government. Russia will continue, including in Mali, to combat extremism, terrorism and other harmful phenomena and will continue to provide assistance to the current government," said Peskov, AFP reported. The Russian Defence Ministry had claimed on Tuesday that units of its African Corps prevented an attempted coup on April 25, 2026 in Mali. It said in a statement that the African Corps units "inflicted irreparable losses" on superior ...

5 TRAFFICKERS,ARRESTED TODAY BY THE ITALIAN POLICEMEN IN RELATION TO WEDNESDAY MIGRANTS DROWNING.

                                                           According to sources,Italy arrested five North African men today friday on suspicion of multiple homicide and human trafficking in the presumed drowning of more than 200 people,saying they used clubs and knives against migrants.Most of the dead were locked in the hold of a boat that sank off the coast of Libya on wednesday.Police said many children were believed to be among those who perished.Two Libyans,two Algerians and a Tunisian ranging in age from 21-24,were placed under formal arrest in Palermo after being questioned yesterday thursday.Police had earlier mistakenly identified the Tunisian as a Libyan.The police said the accused men charged the migrants between $1,200 and $1,800 for the voyage,depending on where they would be placed on the deck of the boat.Those on the hold paid about half as much as those above.The boat was carrying 650 people.Italian and Irish ships rescued more than 400 migrants and recovered 26 bodies,including three children.Police arrested the men after speaking to survivors during the nighr after they arrived in Palermo.A police reconstruction based on witnesses account said three of the men,part of a Libyan based human trafficking ring,alternated steering the boat while the other two kept watch over the migrants.In a police statement that reads ''The arrested are suspected of causing the confirmed deaths of 26 migrants and the presumed deaths of about 200 people who,according to witnesses,were locked in the hold of the boat that capsized''.More photos below.                                                    

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