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Pressured by the Malian military junta, the UN Security Council has decided to withdraw all MINUSMA peacekeepers by the end of this year. What are the consequences?

The UN peacekeeping mission is set to fully exit the West African country by December 31, 2023.

Here are three big stories from Africa’s business landscape you (probably) didn’t miss but should keep in mind this week.

After Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin's failed coup in Russia, what’s to become of Wagner’s sprawling private military presence in Africa?

Russia's presence in Africa heavily depends on the Wagner Group, headed by Yevgeny Prighozin. But now there is uncertainty about the private military company's role after its short-lived mutiny in Russia

Malis junta carried out a partial reshuffle of the government on Saturday, a day after announcing the end of the UN peace mission in the country and eight days after a referendum in favour of the draft new Constitution.

Once the UN peacekeepers have departed, Mali will be even more dependent on the Russian mercenary Wagner group, which is thought to have 1,000 fighters in the country, for security back-up.

The outcome of Friday's UN Security Council vote on the future of the peacekeeping force in Mali was never in doubt - they had little...

The UN Security Council has voted not to maintain MINUSMA, the UN peacekeeping force in Mali, as the mission ends on this day.

The UN Security Council has voted not to maintain MINUSMA, the UN peacekeeping force in Mali, as the mission ends on this day.