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  • La Commission vérité, justice et réconciliation au Mali: un travail thérapeutique indispensable

WATHI Debate on rfi.fr

  • Quel bilan pour Issoufou et quels défis pour son successeur?

Apa NEWS: Tatiana Smirnova, chercheuse associée au Sahel Research Group (Université de Floride),dresse le bilan des deux quinquennats du président sortant, Mahamadou Issoufou, et décrit les défis qui attendent son successeur.

  • Boko Haram : La violence contre les civils s’intensifie dans le nord du Cameroun

Read more on Centre d’études stratégiques de l’Afrique

  • Five civilians killed in Algeria

The defense ministry declared it is the deadliest attack targeting civilians in recent years.

Read more on Arabnews.com

  • Forty-six civilians feared killed in eastern Congo attack

Forty-six civilians are reported to have been killed in an attack by suspected Ugandan Islamist militants Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). The armed group is believed to have killed more than 1,000 civilians in Eastern Congo since the start of 2019 (UN figures).

Read more on Reuters

 

 

Mali: 3 French soldiers killed, escalation of violence & UN evidence of war crimes

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  • Three French Soldiers Killed in Mali

Three French soldiers were killed in Mali on Monday, 28/12/2020 when their vehicle hit a bomb during operations under France’s counterterrorism mission.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

  • Mali: Any End to the Storm?

According to ACLED, 2020 has been the deadliest year on record in Mali. The situation has deteriorated since 2016, when violence spread to central Mali. This led to an escalation in multi-directional violence through armed attacks, scaled-up military operations, and increased targeting of civilians. A military coup in August 2020 broke the status quo and has provided opportunities to change the country’s downward trajectory. However, Mali’s transitional government faces an uphill battle to build consensus and reign in the violence.

Read more on ACLED

  • UN Report: Evidence of War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity

United Nations investigators into violence in Mali provided evidence that security forces committed war crimes, and fighters and other armed groups perpetrated crimes against humanity between 2012-2018.

Read more on Al Jazeera

  • Soumaila Cissé, leader of the opposition in Mali, has died at the age of 71.

Read more on Rfi.fr