Human Rights Watch: Sahel juntas accused of human rights violations

According to a Human Rights Watch report out this week security forces in junta-led Burkina Faso and Mali are carrying out increased abuses against civilians as they expand their operations against jihadist groups. In Mail, the same report accuses the army of carrying out drone strikes in February on a wedding celebration and on a burial in the same village, killing at least 14 people, including four children. Meanwhile, in Burkina Faso (also ruled by a junta), a report by AP, documented the killing of dozens of civilians by security forces in the central village of Zaongo back in November.