Western countries pile pressure on Mali over Wagner presence

Western countries have raised concerns at a United Nations human rights meeting over the Russian private military contractor Wagner Group’s activities in Mali, including an alleged role in the killings of civilians.

The United States, Canada, Great Britain and Ukraine were among the countries at the meeting in Geneva on Tuesday that questioned what kind of support Wagner contractors are giving Mali’s armed forces.

“We are particularly concerned by the presence and actions of the Wagner Group,” Canadian envoy Patricia Lyn McCullagh told the Human Rights Council during a review of Mali’s rights record, a process that all UN member states are subject to.

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