Last month, a French government official noted that there had been “repeated air rotations with military transport planes belonging to the Russian army and installations at Bamako airport to allow the arrival of a significant number of mercenaries”.

Analysts from France 24’s Les Observateurs identified small changes next to Malian Air Base 101 south of Bamako’s airport. We can now observe military-type installations including at least 15 tents and several structures, as well as vehicles on that piece of land.

Source – https://lnkd.in/es2cCfrK

Edit: The presence of Russian mercenaries (Wagner Group?) has reportedly been confirmed after France 24 received photographic evidence of their presence in Ségou, Mali.

Source – https://youtu.be/ZMK5bz2j1Lk