Army, Armed Islamists Should End Atrocities; Independent Inquiries Urgently Needed NEW YORK , USA, 17th March 2022 -/African Media Agency/- The Malian army and armed Islamist groups have allegedly killed at least 107 civilians in central and southwestern Mali since December 2021, Human Rights Watch said today.
The authorities should also facilitate independent investigations by Mali’s National Human Rights Commission and the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali.s current armed conflict began a decade ago, armed Islamist groups, separatist rebels, ethnic militias, and government security forces have killed hundreds of civilians. Most of the killings occurred in central Mali, which since 2015 has been the country’s epicenter of violence, abuse, and displacement.
In Tonou, villagers said that soldiers allegedly summarily executed 14 ethnic Dogon civilians in apparent retaliation for the deaths of two soldiers nearby from an improvised explosive device . “The soldiers dragged two elders in their 80’s and four others to where the mine exploded, and executed them on the spot,” one witness said.Human Rights Watch on March 4 sent a letter to the Malian government summarizing the findings in this report.
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