Suspected jihadists massacred 51 civilians in northern Mali and killed 12 troops in an ambush in neighbouring Burkina Faso, the authorities said Monday, highlighting the security crisis gripping the two fragile states.
“Terrorists” on Sunday invaded the villages of Karou, Ouatagouna and Daoutegeft near Mali’s border with Niger, a military officer told AFP, using a term officials use to designate jihadists.A document by the local prefecture, seen by AFP, said 51 people had been killed in the coordinated attacks, homes had been looted and cattle stolen.A local official, who also asked not to be identified for security reasons, said “20 civilians were massacred in Karou.
A statement from MINUSMA, the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, condemned the “barbaric attacks” and said the courts could prosecute such attacks on civilians as crimes against humanity.Mali, a landlocked and impoverished state in the heart of the West Africa’s Sahel region, has been battling a jihadist insurgency since 2012.
Mali has suffered two coups since August last year, and on July 20 military leader Colonel Assimi Goita survived an attempted assassination at a mosque in Bamako. At the end of an 11-day visit, he highlighted “the failure of the institutions of state” as well as “relentless attacks on civilian populations” by jihadists. The armed forces themselves had committed violence against civilians, he said.In Burkina Faso, meanwhile, 12 troops were killed and eight were wounded Sunday in an ambush near the border with Mali, the government said.
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