00:00Mali's army and its Russian paramilitary allies have killed civilians in violation of international law,
00:07according to a new report from Human Rights Watch.
00:10The army's rebel opponents have done the same, the report claims.
00:14The international NGO is calling on the African Union to urgently take action to prevent further atrocities.
00:22The report is based on interviews between July and September with 30 people in central and northern Mali,
00:30including rights activists, community leaders, journalists and a Malian soldier.
00:37HRW said it had evidence of indiscriminate drone attacks carried out by the army, killing six people and injuring 20
00:45others.
00:46It also accuses Malian soldiers of killing five girls in the central Segu region in July,
00:53while their militia allies killed three civilians later that month in Mopti region.
00:59The report cites abuses by the al-Qaeda-linked JNIM and Tuareg separatists,
01:06including the torture and execution of 19 Malian soldiers in the country's northeast.
