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Moura massacre: the explosive UN report

A UN Security Council meeting on 7 April 2022, discussing the Moura massacre in Mali. © Norway MFA/Twitter

The UN's OHCHR is shortly due to hand over its investigation on the killings that took place in the village of Moura in central Mali in March to the body's Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The document points the finger at Mali's Armed Forces and Russia's Wagner group, and could have repercussions on the UN's presence in Mali. [...]

Published on 30/05/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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