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The head of the Russian mercenary Wagner group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has welcomed the takeover in Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the Russian government said on Monday it “would like the situation in Burkina Faso to normalise as soon possible”. Burkina Faso controls as little as 60% of its territory, experts say, and …

Mali’s transition authorities on Monday said they were holding 49 Ivorian soldiers on suspicion of seeking to destabilise the country. The soldiers were detained on Sunday, shortly after arriving at the Modibo Keita International Airport in Bamako, aboard a special flight. While Ivorian authorities say the soldiers are part of …