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How Guinea became a gateway for Russian weapons to reach the Sahel

The Autonomous Port of Conakry, Guinea is an important logistics hub for Russia for transporting military equipment to Mali. AFP/File

Despite the departure of the Wagner Group from Mali, Russia is continuing to strengthen its military presence in the country through its Africa Corps. Using satellite imagery, shipping logs and eyewitness reports, journalists from RFI have confirmed that Russia is discreetly shipping in large quantities of military equipment via the port of Conakry in neighbouring Guinea.

Data collected by RFI's Info Vérif investigative unit shows that Russia is using a logistics hub in Guinea's capital Conakry, on Africa’s west coast.

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