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Conflict is escalating in central Mali, says Human Rights Watch - The Mail & Guardian

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Last year was the deadliest for civilians since the current political crisis began in 2012. And the fighting is also increasing in neighbouring countries

In 2019, at least 456 civilians were killed in attacks by armed groups in central Mali, making it the deadliest year since the country’s current political crisis began in 2012.How Much More Blood Must be Spilled? Atrocities Against Civilians in Central Mali

Mali has been in crisis since 2012, when armed groups in the north of the country launched an insurgency. It was halted by a military intervention from France, but since then instability in both north and central Mali has been increasing — despite the presence of United Nations peacekeepers and a regional fighting force, the G5 Sahel.

The violence is not limited to Mali, but is increasing too in neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger, where porous borders and harsh terrain makes it difficult to contain armed groups.

 

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