United Nations News
- Mar 20
Sahel: 10 Million Children at Risk as Conflict Rages
17 March 2023 Children are increasingly caught up in armed conflict in the climate-affected, food insecure central Sahel region, the UN...
Genocide Watch
- Jan 25, 2022
With Burkina Faso’s president ousted, West Africa faces ‘coup bloc’
By: Danielle Paquette (The Washington Post) DAKAR, Senegal — Mali. Chad. Guinea. Sudan. Even before Burkina Faso’s army declared Monday...
Al Jazeera
- Aug 9, 2021
At least 51 killed in Mali rebel attacks: Officials
Gunmen riding on motorbikes attacked several villages late on Sunday, ‘shooting at anything that moved’, officials said. Gunmen have...
Genocide Watch Report: Countries of Special Concern January-June 2021
Genocide Watch exists to predict, prevent, stop, and punish genocide and other forms of mass murder. Genocide Watch actively monitors the...
Human Rights Watch
- Apr 21, 2021
Mali: Killings, ‘Disappearances’ in Military Operations
Investigate Alleged Security Force Abuses in Mopti Region (Bamako) – Malian soldiers have allegedly killed at least 34 villagers,...
Ruth Maclean | NY Times
- Mar 30, 2021
A Wedding, an Airstrike, and Outrage at the French Military
The French Army says it killed terrorists in Mali, with no collateral damage. A new United Nations report says almost all of the dead...
Genocide Watch
- Feb 19, 2021
At least 18 killed in attacks in Burkina Faso and Mali
OUAGADOUGOU/BAMAKO (Reuters) - Suspected Islamists killed at least 18 people in attacks in northern Burkina Faso and central Mali on...
Al Jazeera
- Jan 27, 2021
Ethnic groups in central Mali sign ‘three peace agreements’
Accords bring together Fulani and Dogon communities who have historic tensions over access to land and water. Three “peace agreements”...
Genocide Watch
- Jan 22, 2021
Grim milestone as Sahel violence displaces 2 million inside their countries
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press...
Keminni Amanor | VOA
- Jan 7, 2021
UNICEF Calls for End to Massacre of Children and Families in Niger
The U.N. children’s fund has strongly condemned the killing of at least 17 minors among scores of others slain in a weekend massacre in...
Omar Hama Saley & Ruth Maclean | NY Times
- Jan 3, 2021
100 Civilians Are Reported Dead After Attacks in Niger
Gunmen were described as having singled out men and boys in two villages in a region under siege by militants. NIAMEY, Niger — A hundred...
Al Jazeera/AFP News Agency
- Dec 22, 2020
UN probe in Mali sees war crimes, crimes against humanity: Report
Allegations made in a 338-page report by the International Commission of Inquiry for Mali which investigated violence between 2012-2018....