{"id":9700,"date":"2025-12-04T22:40:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T22:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freeazawad.com\/?p=9700"},"modified":"2025-12-04T22:42:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T22:42:08","slug":"from-wagner-to-africa-corps-the-same-executioners-the-same-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeazawad.com\/en_gb\/from-wagner-to-africa-corps-the-same-executioners-the-same-crimes\/","title":{"rendered":"FROM WAGNER TO AFRICA CORPS: THE SAME EXECUTIONERS, THE SAME CRIMES."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-66a45fc5f9c85c8203028e4f60817cfe\">Article by <a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/capivoire_info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cap&#8217;IvoireInfo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"913\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Map-of-Mali-and-Azawad--scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C365&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Map-of-Mali-and-Azawad--scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Map-of-Mali-and-Azawad--scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C107&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Map-of-Mali-and-Azawad--scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C365&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Map-of-Mali-and-Azawad--scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C274&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Map-of-Mali-and-Azawad--scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C548&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Map-of-Mali-and-Azawad--scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C731&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Map-of-Mali-and-Azawad--scaled.jpg?resize=18%2C6&amp;ssl=1 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">From Wagner to Africa Corps: the same executioners, the same crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Malian refugees are finally breaking their silence. Their accounts shatter Bamako&#8217;s official narrative: the abuses have not stopped with the announced departure of Wagner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The Russian mercenaries officially left Mali in June 2025. In reality, 70 to 80% of the men in Africa Corps would be former Wagner members. New name, same apparatus of violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">On November 26, a patrol from the Africa Corps is said to have carried out a deadly operation against civilians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"\">Reported toll from refugees: 10 dead, including 4 burned alive, 2 women, 2 children, 2 men and 2 women seriously injured.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">These attacks are part of a documented continuity: executions, disappearances, villages burned, tortures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Civilians remain the primary victims of this &#8220;fight against terrorism.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">A woman testifies: &#8220;When I hear the name Wagner, I am afraid. They killed my husband. I am traumatized.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Ahmed, merchant: &#8220;They beheaded two men in front of me and made me feel their fresh blood.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">This type of atrocity is systematically reported in areas controlled by Africa Corps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The tortures described are of extreme brutality: electrocution, mock drownings, suffocation, beatings, humiliations, and sexual violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Ahmed recounts again: &#8220;They plunged my head into a water tank until I passed out. Then they placed their feet on my chest. I thought I was going to die.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">In several localities such as L\u00e9r\u00e9, Nampala&#8230; military bases are said to have been transformed into torture centers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">A survivor claims: &#8220;They hit me so hard that I thought my end had come.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>The consequences are massive:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">* 50,000 Malians have fled to the M&#8217;berra camp in Mauritania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">* At least 12 Fulani men executed and 81 documented forced disappearances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">* Publication of photos of rapes, tortures, and murders by Russian mercenaries on lelegram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Wagner&#8217;s departure was nothing but an illusion. Africa Corps is merely prolonging the same methods, with the same impunity and the same executioners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">At this stage, one question remains: how much longer will Mali have to endure these acts of violence before a genuine mechanism for protecting civilians is activated?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Fear changes its name. The victims remain the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"is-style-wide wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">04-12-25<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-ab8d7d1890f4113f38fc049a32c95430\">Link to <strong>Cap\u2019Ivoire Info<\/strong> on X: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CapIvoire_Info\">Cap\u2019IvoireInfo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-link-color wp-elements-bbc451ac11c6172b04f7e896fe0623f8\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freeazawad.com\/\">H  O  M  E<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Wagner to Africa Corps: the same executioners, the same crimes.<br \/>\nMalian refugees are finally breaking their silence. 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