RUSSIAN FORCES TO STAY IN MALI TO FIGHT TERRORISM: KREMLIN. (PHOTO).
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 ...
Morocco has officially announced its intention to rejoin the African Union,32 years after leaving the organization.Moroccan King Mohammed VI has appealed to the AU,saying it's time for his country to return to its institutional family.He's also sent a special envoy to the AU summit in Kigalu.Morocco left the regional bloc in 1984,after the organization recognized the independence of Western Sahara.Moroccans describe the Western Sahara as part of their country's southern provinces.For more than three decades the country has refused to be part of the AU and in March,it threatened to pull its soldiers out of UN global peacekeeping missions because of the dispute.Morocco remains the only African country which is not an AU member.
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