Mali - May 2023

On 12 May, the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights released the report of an investigation into a mass killing alleged to have taken place during a military operation against insurgents in Mali in March 2022. The UN investigation found that more than 500 people were killed in the course of a five-day military operation in the village of Moura in central Mali. Most of those who were killed were ‘summarily executed’. Witnesses reported that the perpetrators included both Malian military personnel and foreign mercenaries. The atrocities during these five days also included rape and torture. The Malian government continues to deny that its personnel have committed atrocities, and its own investigation is ongoing.

Sources:  United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, France24