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Mali forces, Russian backers kill scores of civilians in drone strikes, report says
- On Monday, Human Rights Watch released a report stating Mali's armed forces and Russian Africa Corps allies utilized "apparent indiscriminate" drone strikes in counterinsurgency operations that killed scores of civilians in recent months.
- Mali's junta has ramped up airstrikes since April to combat Islamist and separatist insurgents; ACLED data show 49 strikes between April and August resulted in 89 civilian deaths, more than double the prior year.
- Attacks include a July 29 strike on a health center in Talahandak and an August 19 bombing at a Tombonkore cattle market that killed six men; witnesses said the drone surveilled the area for 30 minutes before striking.
- Beyond drone strikes, Malian soldiers killed five girls in Niono on July 12, while allied Dozo militia committed abuses in Djenné; the Malian Armed Forces chief of staff claimed on August 20 the military struck a "terrorist hideout" in Kilimpo.
- All parties to Mali's armed conflict are bound by international humanitarian law, yet the government has not opened investigations into these abuses or responded to an August 5 letter from Mali's defense minister.
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These bloody attacks targeted camps belonging mainly to the community of Daousshak, from which the armed group "Movement for the Salvation of Azawad", close to the ruling junta in Bamako, originated, according to sources interviewed by Agence France-Presse.
·Paris, France
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Russian Forces and Mali’s Military Accused of Indiscriminate Drone Strikes That Killed Scores of Civilians
Dozens of civilians have reportedly been killed in Mali by drone strikes conducted by the country’s armed forces and Russian Africa Corps personnel supporting the military junta’s operations against insurgent groups.
·Kyiv, Ukraine
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