An Ivorian diplomat previously said some of the soldiers had been sent to join the UN’s peacekeeping mission MINUSMA.
The force said it believed they were part of a unit that provided routine logistical support to the Ivorian military contingent of MINUSMA.
Central Mali has been plagued by violence since the Al-Qaeda-affiliated organisation emerged in 2015.
A large part of the area is beyond state control and is prone to violence by self-defence militias and inter-community reprisals.
RFI (Radio France Internationale) na France 24 zinaripoti habari za Kiafrika kwa upana na zina ufuasi mkubwa katika koloni la zamani la Ufaransa.
Niger Imekabiliana na makundi kama vile Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) upande wa magharibi, pamoja na Boko Haram na Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) kusini mashariki
Their deployment to African countries aims to “enable Russia to… regain this sphere of influence” that fell away with the collapse of the Soviet Union,
In the past 18 months, the nation ECOWAS has suspended two other members, Guinea and Mali.
Serikali ya jeshi ilisema katika taarifa kwamba “wanajeshi hao walitumwa nchini humo bila idhini.”
ECOWAS imposed a drastic embargo on trade and financial transactions on Mali last week.
ECOWAS leaders last weekend agreed to shut borders with the Sahel state and impose a trade embargo.
Mali iliwekewa vikwazo baada ya kuchelewesha uchaguzi uliopangwa kufanyika Febuari 2022
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