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Mali’s spat with Kyiv: Is the Russia-Ukraine war spilling over into Africa?
A row between unlikely sparring partners. This week, Mali announced it was severing ties with Ukraine, after accusing Kyiv of having a hand in a devastating ambush in the West African country’s northern Kidal region in late July that saw dozens of Malian …