France, June 20 -- Despite the departure of the Wagner Group from Mali, Russia is continuing to strengthen its military presence in the country through its Africa Corps. Using satellite imagery, shipping logs and eyewitness reports, journalists from RFI have confirmed that Russia is discreetly shipping in large quantities of military equipment via the port of Conakry in neighbouring Guinea.

Data collected by RFI's Info Verif investigative unit shows that Russia is using a logistics hub in Guinea's capital Conakry, on Africa's west coast.

So far this year, three convoys have been transported by sea from Russia to the port of Conakry, before reaching land-locked Mali by road, RFI found.

Mali's national news channel (ORTM ) confirmed the ...