Mali rejects claims of targeted killing of civilians

Dakar (AFP) Nov 6, 2023

Mali's ruling junta on Monday rejected as "unfounded" accusations by a rights group that its soldiers and Russian mercenaries killed 40 civilians in three operations. In Bamako, the foreign ministry said the Human Rights Watch report released last week took a "sensationalist and biased approach" and put the nation's army "on the same level as the armed Islamist groups". The ministry list