The future of the peacekeeping operation in Mali will be up for discussion during a UN Security Council meeting later on Wednesday.
Some nations have already pulled out of the mission.
But with violence getting worse, one group does have a growing presence - Russia's Wagner Group.

Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque reports.

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