US EditionHRW Accuses Mali Armed Forces of Executing and Disappearing Fulani Men
MALI, JUL 22 – Since January 2025, at least 12 Fulani men were executed and 81 forcibly disappeared during counterinsurgency operations by Malian forces and Wagner Group, Human Rights Watch reported.
- Human Rights Watch reported that Mali's armed forces and the Wagner Group executed at least a dozen Fulani men and forcibly disappeared at least 81 others since January 2025.
- The Fulani community has been targeted by the Malian military and the Wagner Group, who accuse them of collaborating with Islamist armed groups like the JNIM.
- HRW urges the African Union to enhance its investigation efforts regarding these serious human rights violations and stated that senior Malian and Russian officials could be held accountable for international crimes.
- The ongoing conflict in Mali has resulted in widespread human rights violations and the deaths of numerous civilians, according to HRW and UN reports.
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HRW accuses Mali armed forces of executing and disappearing Fulani men
The NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) has released a report accusing the armed forces of Mali and the Russian Wagner Group of committing crimes such as summary executions and forced disappearances against men from the Fulani ethnicity.
"Mali: The army and the Wagner group have executed and destroyed peul civilians." This is the unequivocal title of Human Rights Watch's report released this Tuesday, July 22.
They blame this community for feeding the ranks of Islamist armed groups, says the NGO Human Rights Watch.
Human rights NGOs reported that they documented murders, arrests, enforced disappearances and cases of torture in four regions of the country.
Mali criticized over summary executions and enforced disappearances of ethnic Fulani men
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday reported that Mali’s armed forces and the allied Russia-backed Wagner Group have carried out numerous “summary executions and enforced disappearances of ethnic Fulani men.” HRW documents that, since January 2025, the Malian army and the Wagner Group have executed “at least a dozen Fulani men and forcibly disappeared at least 81 men” during joint operations targeting Islamist armed groups. The human rights grou…
Mali: Army, Wagner Group Disappear, Execute Fulani Civilians
Click to expand Image Russian fighters from the Wagner Group in northern Mali in an undated photo posted by the French military in 2022. © 2022 French Army via AP Photo Mali’s armed forces and the allied Russia-backed Wagner Group have committed dozens of summary executions and enforced disappearances of ethnic Fulani men since January 2025.The Malian soldiers and Wagner Group fighters accuse the Fulani community of collaborating with Islamist a…
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