Unknown number of mercenaries killed in clashes with ethnic Tuareg rebels in border with Algeria
Russia’s Wagner Group has suffered significant battleground losses in Mali, the military company acknowledged on Monday, after days of conflicting accounts of what happened during fighting with rebels on the border with Algeria. The group said its 13th storm brigade, which is fighting ethnic Tuaregs alongside the Malian armed forces, sustained losses during “fierce battles” with the rebels.
African Initiative, a media outlet with links to Russia’s intelligence services, according to the US state department, said the rebel ambush “was organised very competently, possibly with the participation of instructors from western intelligence services”. The Tuareg, an ethnic minority of largely nomadic herders living across the semi-arid Sahel region, have long felt disempowered from mainstream life in Mali and hold grievances against the state.
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