31/03/2019
Mali?s volatile mix of communal rivalries and a weak state is fueling jihadism
Mali?s Mopti region has seen a drastic rise of violence since 2015. Last year at least 202 civilians were killed in 42 incidents. In March this year more than 150 were killed in attacks against two villages in this central Malian region. The attack on the Mopti region was launched by alleged Dogon hunters. The Dogon are one of the largest ethnic groups in the region. Most of those killed in Mopti were from the Fulani ethnic group. Also among the targets were staff involved in demobilisation, disarmament and reintegration of local ?self-defence groups? stationed in one of the villages. The killings highlight the age-old conflict between the nomadic and predominantly Muslim Fulani and the...
