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Mali: pastoralists trapped between drought, jihadis

Hundreds of nomadic Fulani pastoralists in central Mali are trapped between floodplains to the south and armed Islamist rebels to the north, and fear their way of life faces extinction.

North Africa

Mali sliding into ‘human rights chaos’

Amnesty International warned after a visit to Mali July 31 that the country is slipping into “human rights chaos,” with abuses documented in the government-controlled south as well as the rebel-held north. Amnesty documented at least one incident in the… Read moreMali sliding into ‘human rights chaos’

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Mali: pastoralists trapped between drought, jihadis

Mali sliding into ‘human rights chaos’