The ethnic Dogon militia, already blamed for scores of massacres in central Mali over the past year, attacked Peuhl village just before dawn on Saturday. The AU chair called for an investigation into the massacre and punishment for the perpetrators. Reports from Mali said the brutal killings occurred in Welingara in the Mopti region on the central part of Mali. Since 2015, AP says, extremism has edged all the way to central Mali where it has exacerbated tensions between the Dogon and Peuhl groups. Peulhs have in turn accused the Dogon of supporting the Malian army in its effort to stamp out extremism.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 25, 2019 19:41 UTC