The U.S. departments of State and Treasury named Col. Sadio Camara, Col. Alou Boi Diarra and Lit. Col. Adama Bagayoko for sanctions Monday based on evidence that shows they have contributed to the U.S.-designated Wagner Group’s malicious and destabilizing activities in Mali.
Brian Nelson, under secretary of the Treasury for terrorism and financial intelligence, described the three military leaders as “principle Malian officials who have been instrumental in facilitating the Wagner Group’s entrenchment in Mali over the past two years.”
“These officials have made their people vulnerable to the Wagner Group’s destabilizing activities and human rights abuses while paving the way for the exploitation of their country’s sovereign resources to the benefit of the Wagner Group’s operations in Ukraine,” he said in a statement.
