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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 group highlights that Islamist armed groups have focused their recruitment on the Fulani community, which has repeatedly caused the Malian government to blur the lines between Fulani civilians and Islamist fighters. This has placed the Fulani community in danger.
Ilaria Allegrozzi, senior Sahel researcher at HRW, declares that high-ranking Malian and Russian officials may be held liable for international crimes committed by their fighters. Allegrozzi further states that “whether the African Union finally presses the Malian authorities to investigate and prosecute abuses, or the International Criminal Court steps in, those linked to current atrocities may face future trials.”
The parties to the Malian armed conflict are bound by international humanitarian law, which governs the acceptable conduct allowed in war. Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions 1949 forbids murder, mutilation, cruel treatment, and torture of persons that do not actively participate in the conflict. Grave violations of international humanitarian law may amount to war crimes under international criminal law. Notably, Mali is a party to the International Criminal Court (ICC). In 2013, the ICC launched an investigation regarding the alleged war crimes committed in Mali since January 2012. The investigation was opened due to a rebellion in north Mali and a coup d’état by a military junta.
Since 2021, HRW has documented extensive abuses committed by the Malian army and the Wagner Group during counterinsurgency operations. UN experts have also condemned summary executions and enforced disappearances in April 2025. The Russian presence in Mali continues despite the Wagner Group’s withdrawal from Mali in June 2025. The replacement group – Africa Corps – is a paramilitary group controlled directly by the Russian government.
HRW urged the African Union to “ramp up its engagement” in helping with investigations and encouraging prosecutions.
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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 group highlights that Islamist armed groups have focused their recruitment on the Fulani community, which has repeatedly caused the Malian government to blur the lines between Fulani civilians and Islamist fighters. This has placed the Fulani community in danger.
Ilaria Allegrozzi, senior Sahel researcher at HRW, declares that high-ranking Malian and Russian officials may be held liable for international crimes committed by their fighters. Allegrozzi further states that “whether the African Union finally presses the Malian authorities to investigate and prosecute abuses, or the International Criminal Court steps in, those linked to current atrocities may face future trials.”
The parties to the Malian armed conflict are bound by international humanitarian law, which governs the acceptable conduct allowed in war. Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions 1949 forbids murder, mutilation, cruel treatment, and torture of persons that do not actively participate in the conflict. Grave violations of international humanitarian law may amount to war crimes under international criminal law. Notably, Mali is a party to the International Criminal Court (ICC). In 2013, the ICC launched an investigation regarding the alleged war crimes committed in Mali since January 2012. The investigation was opened due to a rebellion in north Mali and a coup d’état by a military junta.
Since 2021, HRW has documented extensive abuses committed by the Malian army and the Wagner Group during counterinsurgency operations. UN experts have also condemned summary executions and enforced disappearances in April 2025. The Russian presence in Mali continues despite the Wagner Group’s withdrawal from Mali in June 2025. The replacement group – Africa Corps – is a paramilitary group controlled directly by the Russian government.
HRW urged the African Union to “ramp up its engagement” in helping with investigations and encouraging prosecutions.
The post Mali criticized over summary executions and enforced disappearances of ethnic Fulani men appeared first on JURIST - News.
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