GENEVA (20 April 2022) – We are extremely concerned that Malian authorities have still not granted UN human rights investigators access to the village of Moura, in the central region of Mopti, where Malian Armed Forces reportedly accompanied by foreign military personnel are alleged to have carried out summary executions and multiple other serious human […]
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The United Nations says it is “extremely concerned” that Mali has not allowed independent investigators to visit the town of Moura, where local troops and suspected Russian mercenaries allegedly killed hundreds of civilians. At the end of March, a five-day “military operation” in the central Malian town of Moura reportedly left at least 300 men […]
Three weeks have passed since some 500 people were allegedly summarily executed in Moura, a village in central Mali – and UN investigators have yet to be granted access, the UN rights office, OHCHR, said on Wednesday. According to reports, Malian Armed Forces accompanied by foreign military personnel allegedly carried out the killings and other […]
Mali’s army said Saturday that it had killed “a dozen terrorists” including a French-Tunisian jihadis in airstrikes in the center of the Sahel nation. The armed forces carried out two strikes on Thursday “to neutralize a dozen terrorists in the forest of Ganguel” about 10 kilometers from the village of Moura, the general staff said […]
Erstwhile Super Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr, has been linked with the vacant coaching role of the Eagles of Mali, few weeks after the dismissal of former coach Mohamed Magassouba. Rohr, currently unoccupied since losing his job in Nigeria is vastly experienced in African football and has been rated as a top candidate for the job. […]
Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock also made continued German support contingent upon holding fresh elections during a trip to the crisis-ridden state. The military junta has postponed elections for at least five years. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Wednesday told leaders in Mali that Berlin’s continued support would be contingent upon political reforms and warned […]
The EU will wind down some operations due to continued cooperation between Russian mercenaries and Mali’s junta. But the EU says it remains committed to the region. The EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said on Monday that the bloc will wind down some of its training of Mali’s forces, casting further doubt on the […]
Russia has blocked a request put forward by France at the UN Security Council for “independent investigations” into the alleged massacre of several hundred civilians in Mali by the Malian army and Russian paramilitaries, diplomatic sources said on Saturday. Mali’s army announced on 1 April that it had killed 203 “militants” in Moura, in central […]
Bamako — The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali, known by its French acronym MINUSMA, has demanded the country’s military government grant it access to the village of Moura, where rights groups and witnesses say the Malian army and Russian mercenaries killed hundreds of civilians during an anti-terrorism operation in late March. The top U.N. […]
On the first anniversary of French journalist Olivier Dubois’ abduction in Mali. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Malian and French authorities to step up their efforts to obtain his release, and to do everything possible to prevent him spending a second year as a hostage, cut off from the world. What, if anything, […]
With strong backing from France, a UN envoy has demanded access to the Malian village of Moura, the site of an alleged massacre last month by local forces and suspected Russian fighters. The UN’s peacekeeping mission in Mali, MINUSMA, was able to fly over the site on 3 April. But its envoy for the Sahel […]
Mali says military investigators have opened an investigation into events in the village of Moura, the site of an alleged massacre by local forces and Russian mercenaries. In a statement, Mali’s military prosecutor said: “Following the allegations of alleged abuses committed against civilians … investigations have been opened by the national gendarmes on the instructions […]
France has voiced its concern over information that hundreds of civilians have been killed in the Malian village of Moura in an operation by elements of the armed forces accompanied by Russian mercenaries. The French foreign ministry said in a statement on Monday that: “France is deeply concerned by information of mass abuses in the […]
Bamako, Mali — Mali’s army said Friday that it had killed 203 combatants in an operation in the center of Sahel state, an apparent uptick in violence in the conflict-torn country. The army said the March 23-31 military operation took place in Sahel’s Moura area, which it termed a “terrorist fiefdom.” Soldiers killed 203 militants, […]
Bamako — U.N. peacekeepers in Mali have deployed to the northeast border with Burkina Faso and Niger after reports of civilians being massacred. The U.N. says Mali’s U.N. peacekeeping mission, MINUSMA, has deployed forces to Mali’s northern Tri-border area amid increasing insecurity. A U.N. statement to the media released Thursday said that “attacks by armed […]
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Mali’s Crisis Hits the Ten Year Mark
Tuareg rebels seized key towns in northern Mali in early 2012, sparking the political and security crisis that continues today. Mali’s current political and security crisis is a continuation of events that happened a decade ago. Separatist Tuareg rebels, fighting under the banner of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), began attacking […]
France is stepping up its military cooperation with Niger as it continues to fight Islamist insurgents in the Sahel following a breakdown in relations with Mali’s military leaders. Colonel Hervé Pierre, the man in charge of coordinating France’s pivot from Mali to Niger, spoke to RFI about the “extremely complex” reorganisation. More than 2,400 French […]
The Authority of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is demanding the finalisation of an acceptable transition timetable from Guinea’s Transitional Authority no later than 25th April 2022. The ECOWAS Authority said it will impose economic and financial sanctions on Guinea if the transitional Authority in Guinea fails to comply with the demands […]