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When the #RussianAfricaCorps replaced #WagnerPMC 6 months ago, weary civilians hoped for less brutality. The #UnitedNations says they have been abused by all sides in the conflict.

But refugees described a new reign of #terror by #AfricaCorps in the vast & largely lawless territory, & legal analysts said #Moscow is directly responsible.

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#WestAfrica’s vast Sahel region has become the deadliest place in the world for #extremism, with thousands of people killed. The #military governments of #Mali, #BurkinaFaso & #Niger have turned from Western allies to #Russia for help combating the fighters affiliated with #alQaida or the #IslamicState group.

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“It’s a scorched-earth policy,” said a Malian village chief who fled. “The soldiers speak to no one. Anyone they see, they shoot. No questions, no warning. People don’t even know why they are being killed.”

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The #RussianAfricaCorps is using the same tactics as #WagnerPMC the refugees said, in accounts not reported by international media until now. 2 refugees showed videos of villages burned by the “white men.” 2 others said they found bodies of loved ones with liver & kidneys missing, an abuse the AP previously reported around Wagner.

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As #Russia’s #Africa Corps fights in #Mali, witnesses describe #atrocities from beheadings to rapes

A new Russian military unit that replaced the Wagner #mercenary group is carrying out abuses including rapes & beheadings as it teams up with Mali ‘s #military to hunt down extremists, dozens of civilians who fled the fighting have told The AP.

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https://apnews.com/article/mali-russia-africa-corps-mauritania-refugees-abuses-2935dd1b50397242a968f69e1dde61f2?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-12-13-One+Must-Read

Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID), chairman of the #US #Senate #ForeignRelations Committee, on Tuesday denounced the #RSF attacks on the city, & called for it to be designated as a foreign #terrorist organization.

“The RSF has waged terror & committed unspeakable atrocities, genocide among them, against the Sudanese people,” he wrote on X.

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Both Amena and Tajal-Rahman said that #RSF fighters tortured & beat the detainees & shot at least 4 people Monday who later died of wounds. They also sexually assaulted women & girls, they said.

Giulia Chiopris, a pediatrician at a hospital run by the Doctors Without Borders medical group in Tawila, said they received many patients since Oct 18, suffering from injuries related to bombing or gunshots.

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