FILE PHOTO: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a meeting between Russia's President Vladimir Putin and President of Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia Badra Gunba in the Grand Palace at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia May 10, 2025. Pavel Bednyakov/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia plans to step up cooperation with African countries, including in "sensitive areas" such as defence and security, the Kremlin said on Monday.
Russian mercenary group Wagner said last week it was leaving Mali after helping the military junta there in its fight with Islamist militants. But the Africa Corps, a Kremlin-controlled paramilitary force, said it would remain in the west African country.
