Mali is plagued by armed groups, making swaths of territory ungovernable, and UN peacekeepers have been kicked out.
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Officials says Russians do not have access to US forces at Airbase 101 as Moscow’s troops deployed to a separate hanger.
Drug seizures, mainly of cocaine and cannabis resin, have soared in the region, according to a UN report.
Mali and Burkina Faso recorded most extreme heat in what scientists called a once-in-a-200-year occurrence.