Africa: Russia's 'Africa Corps' Massacres Villagers
Human Rights Watch said the raid killed nine civilians, including four children, and followed counterinsurgency operations against alleged Islamist ties.
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Russian paramilitary fighters from the so-called African Corps supporting Mali in its fight against rebels killed nine civilians, including four children, during an operation last month, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday.
HRW says Russian paramilitaries killed 9 civilians in Mali
The Sahel country has been wracked since 2012 by a serious security crisis, notably fuelled by violence from jihadists allied to Al-Qaeda or the Islamic State group, along with criminal gangs and armed separatists.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) accuses Russian African Corps fighters of killing nine civilians, including four minors, on 10 July in Bombori, Mopti region, central Mali. In a report published on Thursday, 20 August 2026, the NGO also documented beatings, looting and burning of houses during this operation, which was carried out alongside Malian soldiers.
Mali: Russia’s ‘Africa Corps’ Massacres Villagers
Click to expand Image Malian and Russian flags fly side-by-side in Bamako, Mali, September 22, 2020. © 2020 H DIAKITE/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (Nairobi) – Russian government-controlled Africa Corps’ forces summarily killed nine civilians, including four children, and beat dozens of others in central Mali in early July 2026, Human Rights Watch said today. Africa Corps’ fighters also looted and burned at least eight homes, while presumably looking for…
Russian-Backed Africa Corps Implicated in Civilian Deaths in Mali – Axadle
Six civilians were killed when more than 100 fighters from the Russian government-controlled Africa Corps, accompanied by Malian soldiers, raided a village in the Mopti region, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW), which is urging Malian authorities to launch a “prompt and impartial” investigation. HRW said the armed men arrived in pickup trucks and on […]
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