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 ...

87 MINE WORKERS RESCUED,3 MISSING,AFTER A GOLD MINE COLLAPSED TODAY IN SOUTH AFRICA.

                      According to Reuters,Almost 90 miners were rescued and three other workers were missing after a cave in a gold mine in the northeast of South Africa today friday,mine owner Vantage Goldfields said.The collapse at the mine's main entrance trapped 87 workers underground,all of whom were rescued,the small gold producer said in a statement,but three others who had been working on the surface at the time could not be accounted for.No fatalities were reported.Work at the mine was suspended pending investigation on what caused the collapse,Vantage said.Mike Begg told reporters at the mine near the town of Barberton in Mpumalanga province,about 360 km {225 miles} east of Jahannesburg that ''The three missing are office workers,not miners.We are not going to rest until we find them''. Reporters were not allowed near the site where the cave-in occurred,and a crowd stood outside the perimeter fence awaiting word on the results of rescue attempts.Vantage Goldfields is an Australia based company mining gold at Barberton,a town that traces its origin to South Africa's 19th century gold rush.Vantage was delisted from the Australian bourse in January 2015.Manzini zungu,a pokesman for the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union said ''At this point,it's unclear what caused the disaster''.More photos below.                                                                                                 

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