UN calls on Mali to investigate alleged massacre of civilians by its army and Russian mercenaries
Leader of Mali's ruling junta Lt. Col. Assimi Goita (centre) attends an independence day military parade in Bamako, Mali on September 22, 2022
UN EXPERTS experts have urged the Malian government to investigate reports of alleged summary executions and forced disappearances by the army and Russian mercenaries, following the discovery of dozens of bodies near a military camp last week.
The bodies were found near the Kwala military camp in western Mali’s Koulikoro region between April 21 and 22, according to a statement from the UN humanitarian agency on Wednesday.
The dead are suspected to be men arrested by Malian soldiers and mercenaries from the Russia-backed Wagner Group 10 days earlier.
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