– Niamey ISIS armed groups killed hundreds of people in northeastern Mali this year, according to Amnesty International, which also noted that the government was not doing enough to protect civilians.
In a study, the human rights organisation claimed that tens of thousands of peasants had abandoned their homes in the Minaka and Gao regions after attacks since March caused them to lose their cattle and other belongings.
According to the group, the Dawosahak tribe was primarily responsible for the violations.
She claimed that the Islamic State groups in the Sahara are in charge of substantial portions of Mali’s territory.
Jihan Henry, the head of Amnesty International’s Africa office, said in the report that “armed Islamic extremists in northern Mali carried out horrifying and evidently coordinated villages, and civilians were massacred, homes and destroyed properties.”
She continued, “The financial government must exert greater effort to safeguard the villages at risk of attacks and to aid them more.”
The promises made by Amnesty International run counter to the efforts made by Mali’s ruling military council since 2020 to advance the fight against the armed insurrection that has ravaged the nation since 2012 and the recent expulsion of jihadist organisations.
The human rights organization indicated the similarity of the method of carrying out attacks in 13 sites.
The report quoted a 55 -year -old sponsor who survived the attacks, that in the Incalavani in the Minaka region “a large group of militants arrived on a armored vehicle and motorcycles” on March 28, and killed 35 civilians.
Since March, the security situation in the Minaka and Gao regions has considerably deteriorated, while the financial forces have made use of the assistance the Russian Wagner units have supplied.
According to Amnesty International, the escalation of violence eight months ago occurred concurrently with the departure of French military from Mali.
The UN peacekeeping mission in Mali Minosma “should continue to enhance patrols and contact with affected societies,” according to the study.
Minosma had griped that the military council had imposed restrictions on it.
In August of last year, the financial administration accused France of aiding and abetting terrorist organisations as well as of violating the airspace, engaging in espionage, and attempting to intimidate others. Paris refuted the accusations.
Last August, the French army left Mali after nine years of fighting jihadists, after he pushed him to leave the ruling military council in this country since 2020, which currently operates, and if he denied this, with the Wagner Group.
These developments come, while sources speak that bloody confrontations erupt from time to time between the Islamic State and other jihadist groups taken from northern Mali, in a struggle for influence that civilians pay for.
Algeria had urged the nations of the Sahel and Sahara region to work together to combat extremist organisations.
ISIS killings on people in Mali are horrifying.
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