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African Union Should Urgently Take Action to Promote Accountability for Abuses Mali’s military and allied militias killed at least 31 civilians and burned homes on October 2 and 13, 2025, in 2 villages in the country’s embattled Segou region, Human Rights Watch said today. On October 2, Malian army forces and the Dozo, a predominantly […]
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Mali’s junta has arrested prominent politician Issa Kaou N’Djim for allegedly insulting Burkina Faso’s military leader, a crime under Malian law. N’Djim, a former ally of Mali’s military regime who later advocated for a return to democracy, criticized Burkina Faso’s junta on Joliba TV, claiming they fabricated evidence of a coup plot. Subsequently, he was […]
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Investigations Needed Into Indiscriminate Drone Strikes, Summary Killings Malian armed forces and Wagner Group foreign fighters unlawfully killed and summarily executed several dozen civilians in counterinsurgency operations in Mali’s central and northern regions since December. Mali’s Russia-backed transitional military government is committing horrific abuses and is leaving the regional group that could provide scrutiny into […]
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Reinstate Dissolved Groups; Respect Freedoms of Association, Assembly, Expression Mali’s minister of territorial administration’s order to dissolve a student association is just the latest in a series of government actions to crack down on freedom of association. The minister said that the Association of Pupils and Students of Mali (L’Association des Elèves et Etudiants du […]
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Colonel Feared ‘Forcibly Disappeared’ for Speaking Out Against Military Abuse Mali’s military authorities have arrested a colonel from the gendarmerie who recently published a book about abuses by the Malian armed forces, raising fears of an enforced disappearance, Human Rights Watch said today. Various sources, including one who spoke to Human Rights Watch, said that […]
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Attacks, Summary Killings Without Accountability Islamist armed groups and Malian armed forces have killed and otherwise abused numerous civilians in central and northern Mali since April 2023. Violence has intensified across Mali following the May 2021 coup. The targeted killing of civilians by Islamist armed groups and the Malian army are war crimes. Malian authorities, with […]
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Ensure Continued Monitoring and Reporting of Rights Abuses, Accountability By Ilaria Allegrozzi | Senior Sahel Researcher | Human Rights Watch Russia dealt a severe blow to rights protections in Mali on August 30 when it vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution that would have extended sanctions against eight people suspected of sabotaging a peace deal and […]
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By Helen Keller Intl Milestone signals nearly 10 million spared from blinding disease Mali has become the 17th country to receive the World Health Organization’s validation of the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem. The Carter Center, Helen Keller Intl, and Sightsavers are proud to have worked together in partnership to support the government […]
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Rising insecurity, droughts and COVID-19 plunge Mali into food crisis WFP to use US$7.1m ARC Limited Replica pay-out for food assistance Over 204,000 vulnerable people in drought-affected regions of Mali will benefit from a US$7.1 million climate risk insurance pay-out by African Risk Capacity (ARC) Limited to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). The […]
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By Adam Dicko A decade after civil conflict erupted in Mali, hopes for an early resolution to insurgency and strife have not materialized, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the country, El-Ghassim Wane, told the Security Council January 11 2022. Last week, I was delighted to speak to the United Nations Security Council. In the ten […]
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