About forty civilians were killed this week at Mali from jihadistsmembers of an organization associated with Islamic State (IS) in a northern part of the African country that has been turned into a theater of clashes between jihadists, sources there told the French Agency.
“We have at least forty dead civilians in three locations” on its outskirts Tesia few tens of kilometers from the border with Burkina Faso and the Nigera political official in the sector told the French Agency, who asked not to be named for his safety.
He clarified that this report is still temporary, as the information arrives slowly and in sections from the isolated and dangerous zone.
“These were civilians who were accused by one organization of collaborating with another” group of jihadists, according to the same source.
Two people from Tesiwhich have been installed respectively in Gao and to Bamakoconfirmed the extent of the massacres after talking to survivors.
THE Musa Ag Asaratumana spokesman for the paramilitary alliance, gave a similar account.
These events took place in the so-called transnational border region, one of the focal points of violence Sahel. The Islamic State in the Sahara (ISS) and the Support Group for Islam and Muslims (UIM)an alliance of organizations belonging to its nebula Al Qaeda, they act there. In addition to attacking his army Mali and to foreign powers, have been involved since 2020 in a war between them for control of territories.
THE Tesirural community in the region Gaohas been turned into a theater of fighting between jihadists in recent weeks.
However, the clashes between the jihadists are shown in the media. His principles Maliwhere a coup took place in August 2020, have not made any announcement about the events in Tessi.
The telephone network in the area has been cut off for years, making it difficult to gather information. Isolated even more when the road that connects her Tesi with the Ansongothe largest city in the area, was cut at the height of the river Niger in 2020, when jihadists set fire to the ferry connecting the two banks.
Relief organizations often stress that civilians in Mali pay the heaviest price of chaos in the country since 2012.
Source: News Beast
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