Mali rejects UN report on alleged execution of 500 villagers by troops
Bamako, Mali Reuters Mali’s interim military government has rejected a United Nations human rights office report on the alleged execution of at least 500 people by Malian soldiers and unidentified foreign fighters during an operation last year. The ruling junta was responding to a report released on Friday after a months-long investigation into what rights […]
UN says investigators prevented access to site of Mali killings
Dakar, SenegalReuters The United Nations is “extremely concerned” that Mali has prevented its investigators from visiting a town where local troops and suspected Russian fighters allegedly killed hundreds of civilians, the world body said on Wednesday. At least 300 men are believed to have been summarily executed during a 27th to 31st March raid on […]
Malian, foreign soldiers allegedly killed hundreds in town siege – rights group
Dakar, SenegalReuters Malian troops and suspected Russian fighters allegedly executed around 300 civilian men over five days during a military operation in a central Mali town, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Tuesday, which the country’s army refuted. The killings took place between 27th and 31st March in Moura, a rural town of […]