The military authorities in Mali say they have opened an investigation into an alleged massacre of civilians by Malian troops and foreign fighters.
Mali’s army said last Friday that “it had killed more than 200 Islamist militants during 10 days of fighting in the central Moura region.”
But the United States, the EU and the UN have called for an independent investigation into reports that hundreds of civilians were killed by government troops and Russian mercenaries known as the Wagner group.
Thousands of soldiers and civilians have been killed in Mali’s 10 year conflict with Islamist militants.
