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Amnesty International on Tuesday condemned Malian soldiers and members of the Wagner Group for its role in the alleged perpetration of war crimes, including the murder and torture of civilians.
Commenting on the need for accountability and justice for the victims of war crimes committed by Malian soldiers, Marceau Sivieude, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for West and Central Africa stated:
IGOs and NGOs have repeatedly raised alarm over the situation in Mali. In January 2023, UN experts called for an independent investigation into the possible commission of war crimes and crimes against humanity. In March 2025, they criticized the arbitrary executions of at least ten people in Mali and expressed concern over the Etat-Major Général des Armées’s statement characterizing the murders as “false allegations.” The UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries has also warned that private military and security companies’ ruthless tactics have exacerbated the climate of violence in the country.
Similarly, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has criticized the actions of Mali’s armed forces and Russian mercenaries in carrying out the summary executions of a dozen ethnic Fulani men, describing it as ethnic cleansing. HRW also condemned the groups’ use of violence against civilians and warned that a deadly Russia-linked airstrike in Kyrnia was a gross violation of human rights law.
Amnesty International recently cautioned that Mali’s formal notification of withdrawal from the International Criminal Court’s Rome Statute removes the right for survivors to get reparations and denies them of the right to truth and justice. Nonetheless, FAMa has refuted allegations of wrongdoing, such as when 24 civilians were reportedly killed in an attack on February 17, 2025, in the Gao region.
The Robert Lansing Institute pointed out that the Russian operational model in Mali places reliance on asymmetric violence in order to force entire populations into submission. The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) noted that the Wagner Group’s activity in Mali is only the latest in its string of endeavours across different international crises, such as in 2015 when it was deployed to support Bashar al-Assad’s regime, and its support of President Faustin Archange Touadéra against rebel offensives in the Central African Republic, with operations in up to 30 countries across the globe.
In April 2026, a landmark human rights case was filed before the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACtHPR) by TRIAL International, the Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) against FAMa and the Wagner Group for their role in the Moura and Hombori massacres.
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Commenting on the need for accountability and justice for the victims of war crimes committed by Malian soldiers, Marceau Sivieude, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for West and Central Africa stated:
The report detailed the killings of at least 34 civilians in seven localities in Mali between June 2023 and December 2025 in the Mopti, Segou, and Timbuktu regions near the Mauritanian border. It also accuses the Malian armed forces, FAMa (Forces Armées Maliennes) and the Wagner Group, a Russian state-funded private military company, of carrying out other serious violations of international humanitarian law, such as torture, enforced disappearances, and the pillaging and destruction of civilian property.
IGOs and NGOs have repeatedly raised alarm over the situation in Mali. In January 2023, UN experts called for an independent investigation into the possible commission of war crimes and crimes against humanity. In March 2025, they criticized the arbitrary executions of at least ten people in Mali and expressed concern over the Etat-Major Général des Armées’s statement characterizing the murders as “false allegations.” The UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries has also warned that private military and security companies’ ruthless tactics have exacerbated the climate of violence in the country.
Similarly, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has criticized the actions of Mali’s armed forces and Russian mercenaries in carrying out the summary executions of a dozen ethnic Fulani men, describing it as ethnic cleansing. HRW also condemned the groups’ use of violence against civilians and warned that a deadly Russia-linked airstrike in Kyrnia was a gross violation of human rights law.
Amnesty International recently cautioned that Mali’s formal notification of withdrawal from the International Criminal Court’s Rome Statute removes the right for survivors to get reparations and denies them of the right to truth and justice. Nonetheless, FAMa has refuted allegations of wrongdoing, such as when 24 civilians were reportedly killed in an attack on February 17, 2025, in the Gao region.
The Robert Lansing Institute pointed out that the Russian operational model in Mali places reliance on asymmetric violence in order to force entire populations into submission. The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) noted that the Wagner Group’s activity in Mali is only the latest in its string of endeavours across different international crises, such as in 2015 when it was deployed to support Bashar al-Assad’s regime, and its support of President Faustin Archange Touadéra against rebel offensives in the Central African Republic, with operations in up to 30 countries across the globe.
In April 2026, a landmark human rights case was filed before the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACtHPR) by TRIAL International, the Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) against FAMa and the Wagner Group for their role in the Moura and Hombori massacres.
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