Fana, Mali, July 10, 2020 – Boubou Sangare, his face blank, points at a patch of ground beneath the entrance to an adobe house. The 40-year-old former soldier had become the latest victim in a spate of unsolved grisly murders that have plagued the remote town of Fana, in southern Mali, since 2018. And Fana is an unremarkable market town in a sleepy cotton-growing region, whose outer districts melt into lush green bush. Traditional chief Adama Traore, sitting in his home surrounded by elders, was at a loss. He was among the townspeople that demanded a police station in Fana after the first few murders, which triggered protests and looting.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 10, 2020 15:53 UTC