UN retreat from Mali in disarray as violence surges
By Edward Mcallister, David Lewis and Michelle Nichols November 3, 20236:09 AM EDT An armored vehicle escorting a MINUSMA logistic convoy...
Genocide Watch
Nov 3, 2023
Sahel: 10 Million Children at Risk as Conflict Rages
17 March 2023 Children are increasingly caught up in armed conflict in the climate-affected, food insecure central Sahel region, the UN...
United Nations
Mar 20, 2023
With Burkina Faso’s president ousted, West Africa faces ‘coup bloc’
By: Danielle Paquette (The Washington Post) DAKAR, Senegal — Mali. Chad. Guinea. Sudan. Even before Burkina Faso’s army declared Monday...
Genocide Watch
Jan 25, 2022
At least 51 killed in Mali rebel attacks: Officials
Gunmen riding on motorbikes attacked several villages late on Sunday, ‘shooting at anything that moved’, officials said. Gunmen have...
Al Jazeera
Aug 9, 2021
Genocide Watch Report: Countries of Special Concern January-June 2021
By Eric Ross, Nat Hill, and Jessa Mellea Genocide Watch exists to predict, prevent, stop, and punish genocide and other forms of mass...
Genocide Watch
Aug 4, 2021
Mali: Killings, ‘Disappearances’ in Military Operations
Investigate Alleged Security Force Abuses in Mopti Region (Bamako) – Malian soldiers have allegedly killed at least 34 villagers,...
Human Rights Watch
Apr 21, 2021
A Wedding, an Airstrike, and Outrage at the French Military
The French Army says it killed terrorists in Mali, with no collateral damage. A new United Nations report says almost all of the dead...
New York Times 1
Mar 30, 2021
At least 18 killed in attacks in Burkina Faso and Mali
OUAGADOUGOU/BAMAKO (Reuters) - Suspected Islamists killed at least 18 people in attacks in northern Burkina Faso and central Mali on...
Genocide Watch
Feb 19, 2021
Ethnic groups in central Mali sign ‘three peace agreements’
Accords bring together Fulani and Dogon communities who have historic tensions over access to land and water. Three “peace agreements”...
Al Jazeera
Jan 27, 2021
Grim milestone as Sahel violence displaces 2 million inside their countries
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press...
Genocide Watch
Jan 22, 2021
UNICEF Calls for End to Massacre of Children and Families in Niger
By Keminni Amanor The U.N. children’s fund has strongly condemned the killing of at least 17 minors among scores of others slain in a...
VOA (Voice of America)
Jan 7, 2021
100 Civilians Are Reported Dead After Attacks in Niger
Gunmen were described as having singled out men and boys in two villages in a region under siege by militants. NIAMEY, Niger — A hundred...
New York Times 1
Jan 3, 2021
