Rights groups urge independent probe into central Mali deaths

Bamako (AFP) Jan 11, 2021

Two human rights organisations on Monday called for an independent investigation into a recent attack on a Malian village, near where French forces said they carried out an airstrike on jihadists at roughly the same time. What occurred on January 3 in the remote village of Bounti, in the centre of the Sahel state, remains unclear. Several residents, and an association promoting the Fula