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Mali forces, Russian backers kill scores of civilians in drone strikes, report says

Straits Times19 October 2026, 04:05 UTCMali

DAKAR, Oct 19 - Mali's armed forces and their Russian backers utilized some \"apparent indiscriminate\" drone strikes and other abuses as part of an ramped-up offensive against insurgents in recent months that has killed scores of civilians, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Monday.

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