Human Rights Watch says Russia's Africa Corps killed nine civilians at Bombori in Mali on 10 July 2026, including four children aged between six and 17.

The Sahel country has been wracked since 2012 by a serious security crisis, notably fuelled by violence from jihadists allied to Al-Qaeda or the Islamic State group, along with…

Russian paramilitaries from the Africa Corps, who support Mali in the fight against insurgents, reportedly killed nine civilians, including four children, during an operation in…