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| West Africa: Sahel Counter-Terrorism Takes a Heavy Toll On Civilians |
| 2021-04-18 |
| [AllAfrica] Institute for Security Studies: National and foreign forces deployed to fight terrorism in the Sahel are increasingly harming civilians. Figures from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) indicate that security forces caused more civilian fatalities in Mali and Burkina Faso in 2020 than Things aren't getting any better this year. French Operation Barkhane, Chadian contingents of the G5 Sahel Joint Force and other national and international forces in the region have recently faced serious allegations of human rights ...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty... violations against locals. These range from rape and sexual assault to deliberate or mistaken killings of civilians during operations. |
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