Russia has quietly established Guinea’s port of Conakry as a critical supply route to Mali, bypassing its military coups in the Sahel, according to an RFI investigative report.
Satellite imagery, vessel-tracking data, and eyewitness testimony confirm that at least three sanctioned Russian cargo ships docked at Conakry this year before transferring arms by road to Bamako. One convoy, observed arriving on May 31, carried dozens of vehicles escorted by Malian police. This surge coincided with the departure of Wagner mercenaries and their replacement by the Kremlin-controlled Africa Corps on June 6.
Experts warn that Conakry’s relatively lax surveillance presents an ideal staging ground for Moscow to contract military influence in West Africa. Shipping logs name the Russian-flagged Baltic Leader, Patria, Siyanie Severa, and Adler as part of the “shadow fleet” supplying electronic warfare vehicles, artillery and armored carriers.
The equipment bolsters Mali’s Sahel alliance with other junta-led states, raising fears of deeper Russian entrenchment amid growing regional insurgencies.
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