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Russia’s Wagner group in Mali spurs refugee spike in Mauritania

Men walk around the weekly sheep market in Mbera refugee camp in Bassikonou, Mauritania [File: Guy Peterson/Al Jazeera]

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.

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