DAN NA AMBASSAGOU

March 24, 2019

United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has strongly condemned an armed attack on a village in restive central Mali.

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  • In Mali, at least 115 people have been killed in one of the deadliest attack by the fighters of an ethnic militant group at the Fulani village of Ogossagou-Peul of the central province. 

  • Militants from the Dogon group, known as Dan Na Ambassagou, have been blamed for scores of attacks over the past year. 

  • Clashes between Dogon hunters and semi-nomadic Fulani herders usually take place over access to land and water. The Dogon also accuse Fulanis of ties to terror groups. The Fulanis claim that Mali's military has armed the hunters to attack them. 

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