UN report suggests massacre in Mali

The 78-page document, written by experts from the United Nations and handed over to the UN Security Council, is available to the German Press Agency. In it, the perpetrators are described as “white soldiers”. The Russian mercenary group Wagner, who is in the service of the Malian military junta, is not named directly, but according to dpa information there is no doubt that the experts believe the soldiers described by witnesses to be members of Wagner. Not least because the type of rope used in the crime is known from Russian military stocks.

Since the most recent coup in May 2021, the highly unstable West African country of Mali has been governed by a military junta that has close ties to Russia and has hired fighters from the Wagner mercenary group. In UN circles, Wagner is considered close to the Kremlin and her commitment in Mali is undisputed. Growing tensions with the government and growing extremist groups are increasingly hampering the deployment of the UN peacekeeping mission Minusma in the country. The Bundeswehr is currently involved in Minusma with more than 1000 soldiers.

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