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HRW Accuses Mali Armed Forces of Executing and Disappearing Fulani Men
MALI, JUL 22 – Human Rights Watch documented at least 12 executions and 81 enforced disappearances of Fulani men by Malian forces and Wagner Group amid counterinsurgency operations since January 2025.
- Tuesday saw Human Rights Watch report dozens of summary executions and enforced disappearances of ethnic Fulani men since January 2025.
- Since 2021, Human Rights Watch has documented abuses by Mali’s army and Wagner Group, as successive governments have battled Islamist armed groups since 2012.
- Across four regions of Mali, Human Rights Watch documented abuses including executions, abductions, house burnings, and torture, with at least 12 Fulani men executed and 81 disappeared since January.
- Human Rights Watch urged the African Union to press Mali’s junta to investigate and prosecute abuses, with Allegrozzi warning officials may face liability for crimes.
- The International Criminal Court has opened an investigation, and Mali’s status as a Rome Statute signatory means the ICC has been investigating alleged war crimes since 2012.
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HRW accuses Mali armed forces of executing and disappearing Fulani men
The NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) has released a report accusing the armed forces of Mali and the Russian Wagner Group of committing crimes such as summary executions and forced disappearances against men from the Fulani ethnicity.
"Mali: The army and the Wagner group have executed and destroyed peul civilians." This is the unequivocal title of Human Rights Watch's report released this Tuesday, July 22.
They blame this community for feeding the ranks of Islamist armed groups, says the NGO Human Rights Watch.
Human rights NGOs reported that they documented murders, arrests, enforced disappearances and cases of torture in four regions of the country.
Mali criticized over summary executions and enforced disappearances of ethnic Fulani men
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday reported that Mali’s armed forces and the allied Russia-backed Wagner Group have carried out numerous “summary executions and enforced disappearances of ethnic Fulani men.” HRW documents that, since January 2025, the Malian army and the Wagner Group have executed “at least a dozen Fulani men and forcibly disappeared at least 81 men” during joint operations targeting Islamist armed groups. The human rights grou…
Mali: Army, Wagner Group Disappear, Execute Fulani Civilians
Click to expand Image Russian fighters from the Wagner Group in northern Mali in an undated photo posted by the French military in 2022. © 2022 French Army via AP Photo Mali’s armed forces and the allied Russia-backed Wagner Group have committed dozens of summary executions and enforced disappearances of ethnic Fulani men since January 2025.The Malian soldiers and Wagner Group fighters accuse the Fulani community of collaborating with Islamist a…
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