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Russian mercenaries behind slaughter of 500 in Mali village, UN report finds

Report implicates Wagner group fighters in Moura atrocity, including the torture and rape of civilians

The Guardian - UK

US urges Mali to investigate, hold accountable those to blame for Moura attack

The United States on Monday urged Mali's transition government to pursue an "independent, impartial, efficient, exhaustive, and transparent investigation" to hold accountable those responsible for the likely execution of hundreds of people in one village.

Reuters

Mali rejects UN report on alleged execution of 500 villagers by troops

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.

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Mali army, foreign fighters killed at least 500 people in March 2022: UN

The Malian army and foreign fighters executed at least 500 people during an anti-jihadist operation in Mali in March 2022, according to a much-awaited UN report released on Friday.

Radio France Internationale

Malian troops, foreign forces executed 500 people in village in 2022 - UN

Malian soldiers and unidentified "armed white men" likely executed at least 500 people, and sexually assaulted or tortured dozens of others during a five-day operation in the village of Moura in central Mali last year, the U.N. Human Rights Office said on Friday.

Reuters

Western countries pile pressure on Mali over Wagner Group role

Western countries on Tuesday raised concerns over Russian private military contractor Wagner Group's activities in Mali, including allegations of its role in the killings of civilians, at a U.N. human rights meeting in Geneva.

Reuters

Report details civilian abuses and deaths quadrupled in last three months of 2021: UN

A United Nations report out on Monday noted a fourfold rise in civilian deaths and human rights abuses in late 2021 by all actors in the conflict, including jihadists, militias, self-defence groups, foreign military and Malian soldiers.

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UN report links Mali army to rise in rights abuses

The report says civilian deaths, rights abuses attributable to the Malian military surged in the first quarter of 2022.

Al Jazeera

Russian mercenaries linked to civilian massacres in Mali

Exclusive: Internal Malian army documents show Wagner operatives took part in ‘mixed missions’

The Guardian - UK

UN investigators denied access to site of Mali killings

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.

Radio France Internationale

UN says its investigators not allowed access to site of Mali killings

The United Nations is "extremely concerned" that Mali has not allowed its independent investigators to visit a town where local troops and suspected Russian fighters allegedly killed hundreds of civilians, the world body said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Moura massacre in Mali: Debunking claims that civilians were armed

In late March, the Malian armed forces and suspected Russian mercenaries allegedly executed about 300 people in Moura, a village in central Mali. Human Rights Watch opened an investigation into the matter, calling it a massacre. In order to discredit these findings, photos online claim to show hundreds of weapons…

France 24

Mali massacre survivors say white mercenaries involved in killings

It was market day in the town of Moura in central Mali when Malian troops backed by white mercenaries descended in helicopters and opened fire on bewildered residents, according to witnesses' accounts.

Reuters

EU halts military training in Mali, German foreign minister to hold talks with junta

The EU will halt military training missions in Mali but will keep a presence in the Sahel, foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Monday, citing concerns over "interference" and civilian killings committed by Russian mercenaries from the Wagner Group. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock was headed to the country for…

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UN demands urgent access to site of alleged Mali massacre in Moura

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 Independent UK

UN demands Mali allow peacekeepers into town where 300 died

The top U.N. envoy in Mali is demanding that the country’s military leaders allow U.N. peacekeepers to visit a town where Human Rights Watch says the Malian army and foreign soldiers suspected to be Russian recently killed an estimated 300 men, one of several alleged rights abuses denounced by the…

Radio France Internationale

Mali opens investigation into alleged massacre in Moura village

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.

The Independent UK

300 killed by Mali's army and foreigners, says rights group

An international rights group says Mali's army and foreign soldiers suspected to be Russian recently killed an estimated 300 men — some of them suspected Islamic extremist fighters but most civilians — in Moura in central Mali

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The Guardian - UK

Russian mercenaries and Mali army accused of killing 300 civilians

Human Rights Watch says deaths during anti-jihadist operation in Moura ‘the worst atrocity in Mali in a decade’

Al Jazeera

Mali: HRW condemns ‘deliberate slaughter’ of 300 men by military

Witnesses told HRW that the Malian army and foreign soldiers killed hundreds of people in the southern town of Moura.

Radio France Internationale

France alarmed by Mali killings involving army and 'Russian mercenaries'

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.

Reuters

Mali says military operation in Moura area kills 200 militants

Mali's military said it has killed over 200 Islamist militants in an operation in the centre of the West African country, the latest clash in a month of escalating violence.

ABC News

Moura left without doctor for a week, causing concern in area rich with mining

There are supposed to be two doctors in the coal mining town of Moura, but at the moment residents face a decent drive to see one.

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