Mali separatists say they killed dozens of Wagner, government fighters

People stand near an improvised memorial to the late Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin in Moscow, July 29, 2024. The Wagner mercenary group suffered its heaviest loss in Africa's Sahel at the end of July following a rebel attack.

Separatist rebels in northern Mali said Thursday that they killed dozens of fighters from the Russian mercenary group Wagner and government troops near the Algerian border at the end of July.