Malians are fleeing to nearby Mauritania to escape from bandits, fighters, the army and now Russian operatives.

M’bera, Mauritania – Finally, the day came when Ag could not handle it any more.

He and his neighbours in the rural hinterlands of Timbuktu region in northern Mali had heard the stories from survivors passing through their town. They said white soldiers believed to be Russians had been coming into markets in nearby towns along with the Malian army – looting shops and attacking and killing people indiscriminately.

So Ag and his friends panicked, packed their belongings and fled, not stopping until they left the country.

When the Russians arrive in town with the Malian army, “they take everything they find in the market,” he told Al Jazeera at the M’bera refugee camp, in neighbouring Mauritania, where he and his family arrived about a month ago. “Often, they attack the people who try to escape. If you try to run, they’ll kill you without knowing who you are.”

Ag – not his real name, but a common prefix to last names among the Tuareg ethnic group, meaning “son of” – had put up with the insecurity dolled out by the Malian state and various armed groups fighting against them for years.

Multiple refugees either cited the Russians specifically as a threat or said the security situation in Mali’s decade-long war has gotten worse since Wagner mercenaries arrived.

“Many, many reports and many people that we interviewed talked about the army being more brutal,” he said, adding that the increased brutality has come “since Wagner’s arrival”.

According to Wassim Nasr, author of Etat Islamique, le fait accompli – a book on the Islamic State, and “jihadism expert” on France24, Malians from the centre of the country have been displaced by Wagner operations there.

“People from the centre told me … now when they see a white man, a white military, with the Malian military, they are scared because they know human rights abuses will follow,” Nasr said.

A series of war crimes accusations have followed – and mass displacement, too.

Malian authorities have repeatedly denied killing civilians and also Wagner’s presence in the country – instead saying they invited Russian military trainers. Russian authorities have also denied Wagner’s existence, though they have undercut the Malian government’s public position by saying there are private contractors in Mali.

‘We can’t count [the dead] anymore’ a man of Fulani ethnicity who had been in the camp for more than two months, told Al Jazeera on condition of anonymity.

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/6/28/russias-wagner-mercenaries-in-mali-drive-refugees-to-mauritania

They will soon enter sokoto and kebbi

chopnaira:


He and his neighbours in the rural hinterlands of Timbuktu region in northern Mali [/b]had heard the stories from survivors[b] passing through their town. [/b]They said white soldiers believed to be Russians[b]

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/6/28/russias-wagner-mercenaries-in-mali-drive-refugees-to-mauritania

So...its hearsay and guesswork then.

No first-hand witness to establish the fact that these are Russians.


AlJazeera, una try.



Ever since Mali asked France to GTFO, I knew the French would become saboteurs. (And then blame it on the arch enemy. Russia.)

AJ is terrorists news station and they do the billing of USA or NATO
AJ reports about Russia have been negative for Years, from Libya to Syria to Ukraine.
I remembered their reports about Russia military campaign in 2015, I just laugh then and even comment of their twitter

topcatking:



So...its hearsay and guesswork then.

No first-hand witness to establish the fact that these are Russians.


AlJazeera, una try.



Ever since Mali asked France to GTFO, I knew the French would become saboteurs. (And then blame it on the arch enemy. Russia.)

"Millions of Africans travel to Europe for jobs and to have a better life. A United Africa would utilize its resources and create jobs that will keep Africans back home. It is either we live or die in Africa. Africa is our mother, how can we leave our mother?"

~ Muammar Gaddafi

chopnaira:


When the Russians arrive in town with the Malian army, “they take everything they find in the market[/b],” he told Al Jazeera at the M’bera refugee camp, in neighbouring Mauritania, where he and his family arrived about a month ago. “Often, they attack the people who try to escape. If you try to run, they’ll kill you without knowing who you are.”

Good. You bandits slaughtered villagers, stole their goods , for years because you were under the protection of the real bandits , i.e. the French army with which you mined gold and sold that gold on the black market. Now you cry and lie.
Guess what, even if the Russian took away what you blame them for, it would great. They are making you feel what you did to the people of Mali for decades.
Be Thankful to the Russians, some of you escaped. But keep in mind your camps will be bombed inside Mauritania, from where you are planning terrorist attacks on Mali and other countries in West Africa.

Multiple refugees either cited the Russians specifically as a threat or said the security situation in Mali’s decade-long war has gotten worse since Wagner mercenaries arrived.

“Many, many reports and many people that we interviewed talked about the army being more brutal,” he said, adding that [b]the increased brutality has come “since Wagner’s arrival

The situation is worsening for the criminal terrorists and bandits who were running the show thanks to the protection the French gave to them. Good to hear now the tide has turned.
Wagner and the Malian army will seal that Mauritanian border and they are waiting for you at the border between Mali and Niger.

The same Ajazeera that said President Yaradua was well and that they saw drinking tea. Few days later, Yaradua was reported dead.

Kpatakpata:
The same Ajazeera that said President Yaradua was well and that they saw drinking tea. Few days later, Yaradua was reported dead.

AJ is Qatar, the same Qatar that supported Muslim brotherhood, a group that even Saudi called Terrorists.

Qatar and UAE sent billions worth of weapons to Libya to destroy Libya