UN report reveals Mali army and foreign fighters executed 500 people in Moura.

A UN report has found that the Malian army and foreign fighters killed at least 500 people, including women and children, during an anti-jihadist operation in central Mali in March 2022. The report also cites acts of rape and torture carried out on people who had been arrested. The findings have been described as "extremely disturbing" by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, who added that such acts amount to war crimes and could, depending on the circumstances, amount to crimes against humanity. The report does not explicitly name the foreign fighters, but cites Malian official statements on Russian "instructors" helping in the fight against jihadists and comments attributed to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the presence of the private Russian security company Wagner in Mali.