Mali: Russia's 'Africa Corps' Airstrikes Kill Civilians
Nairobi — Apparent Indiscriminate Attack in Village Held by Islamist Armed Group The Russian government-controlled Africa Corps carried out airstrikes in central Mali on June 15, 2026, that killed eight civilians, including three children, in an apparently unlawful attack, Human Rights Watch said today."Russian government-controlled Africa Corps aircraft have killed civilians in a Malian village in seeming disregard for the laws of war," said Ilaria Allegrozzi, senior Sahel researcher at Human Rights Watch." Analysis of the Africa Corps video and of satellite imagery from June 25 by Human Rights Watch shows two craters in the southern part of Kyrnia, each about 12 meters wide, indicating two large, air-delivered munitions.
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