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Mali junta slammed for 'atrocities' against civilians one year after UN withdrawal

Chadian soldiers from the UN mission in Mali (Minusma) leave their positions in the north of the country, on 25 October 2023, near Gao. © Minusma / via AFP

The NGO Human Rights Watch has condemned "atrocities" committed against civilians by Mali's army, the Russian mercenary group Wagner and Islamist armed groups since UN peacekeepers withdrew a year ago.

In December 2023, Mali's ruling junta pushed the United Nations stabilisation mission (Minusma) to leave the country amid deteriorating international relations and a spike in jihadist battles and separatist violence.

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