Human Rights Watch
Apr 21, 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,...
New York Times 1
Mar 30, 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...
Al Jazeera
Mar 23, 2021
Gunmen on motorbikes raid Niger villages, kill at least 137
Newly elected President Mohamed Bazoum denounces ‘barbaric’ attacks in the border region near Mali. Attackers on motorbikes have raided...
Al Jazeera
Mar 17, 2021
Gunmen kill at least 58 civilians in attack on Niger convoy
Mass killings underscore the enormous security challenges facing Niger’s new president, Mohamed Bazoum. Armed men in southwestern Niger...
Genocide Watch
Feb 19, 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 14, 2021
Women fleeing Burkina Faso violence face sexual assault
KAYA, Burkina Faso (AP) — A 20-year-old woman could no longer live in her village amid the rising violence caused by Islamic extremists....
Associated Press 1
Feb 12, 2021
UN: Burkina Faso on brink of protracted humanitarian crisis
KAYA, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso is on the brink of becoming a protracted crisis after extremist violence displaced over 1 million...
Al Jazeera
Jan 27, 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”...
Genocide Watch
Jan 22, 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...
VOA (Voice of America)
Jan 7, 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...
Associated Press 1
Jan 5, 2021
Witnesses say 20 are killed in an airstrike in central Mali
By Baba Ahmed BAMAKO, Mali — At least 20 people have been killed in an airstrike on a village in central Mali where Islamic extremists...
New York Times 1
Jan 3, 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...
