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Mali army, foreign fighters killed at least 500 people in March 2022: UN

Malian army carries out patrol on the road between Mopti and Djenne, in central Mali, on 28 February 2020. © AFP - Michele Cattani

The Malian army and foreign fighters executed at least 500 people during an anti-jihadist operation in Mali in March 2022, according to a much-awaited UN report released on Friday.

The figures by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)'s "fact-finding report" amount to the worst atrocity the Sahel country has experienced since a jihadist insurgency flared in 2012.

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