{"id":50276,"date":"2024-09-22T18:04:39","date_gmt":"2024-09-22T18:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/malis-stability-at-risk-without-wagners-continued-support-alaa-dardouri\/"},"modified":"2024-09-22T18:04:39","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T18:04:39","slug":"malis-stability-at-risk-without-wagners-continued-support-alaa-dardouri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/malis-stability-at-risk-without-wagners-continued-support-alaa-dardouri\/","title":{"rendered":"Mali\u2019s stability at risk without Wagner\u2019s continued support \u2013 Alaa Dardouri"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Political expert, Alaa Dardouri has emphasized the crucial role of Wagner Group\u2019s involvement in Mali\u2019s ongoing fight against terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>He highlighted that the country\u2019s stability hinges on its strategic military partnership with Wagner, which has been instrumental in reclaiming territories once controlled by jihadist groups.<\/p>\n<p>The Wagner Group is a private military organization run by an ally of Russian leader Vladimir Putin with tens of thousands of fighters, according to U.S. officials, and it has also operated in Syria and various African countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMali\u2019s stability depends on the continuation of the partnership with Wagner, which has already proven its worth in practice. Without its support, much of the national territory would still be under terrorist control,\u201d Dardouri stated in a statement on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWagner\u2019s forces have not only been providing military training but have also engaged directly in combat operations alongside the Malian army.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis collaboration has enabled Mali to secure regions previously under jihadist occupation, significantly improving the country\u2019s internal security landscape.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dardouri\u2019s analysis comes amid rising concerns over the potential introduction of alternative military forces like Russia\u2019s Africa Corps, whose effectiveness remains untested.<\/p>\n<p>Mali\u2019s stability at risk without Wagner\u2019s continued support \u2013 Alaa Dardouri<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Political expert, Alaa Dardouri has emphasized the crucial role of Wagner Group\u2019s involvement in Mali\u2019s ongoing fight against terrorism. He&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24821,9702,15,24822],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alaa-dardouri","category-mali","category-news","category-wagner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}