International Commission, It arrived in the central part of the State of Mali (West Africa), confirmed in its report information to the media a number of mass murder on ethnic and religious lines, occurring 10 June 2019 in the village Sobame (province Mopti, near the town of Sanga).
According to eyewitness survivors, before dawn to the village, where representatives of the Dogon ethnic community (by religion – Christians advantageously Western denominations), came about 50 armed Islamic militants. They surrounded the village and staged a mass slaughter, wherein victims were at least 95 Dogon (other estimates, death toll reaches 180). Surviving witnesses also report, that "came jihadists killed all counter, – women, children, elderly, no one is spared ".
As is known, a catalyst for inter-religious and inter-ethnic conflict was a drought, struck the band in the so-called Sahel 2010-2011 gg., which served as a breeding ground for armed Islamist uprising in northern Mali in 2012 year. Several groups jihadist, based largely on the semi-herding Fulani people, united in the Islamic front and actually 2013 year captured the entire northern half of Mali, declaring there to establish a Sharia state.
In view of the threat of proliferation of the next caliphate, UN Officials, other international organizations and France (for which this region has been and remains essentially colonial organized peacekeeping mission in the country. The arrival of foreign troops on the offensive jihadists Bamako - the capital of the country - was stopped and supporters of radical Islam have been discarded in the desert northern Mali.
but, Despite the initial successes, inter-religious and inter-ethnic conflict, the widening of the progressive deterioration of the natural environment inhabited landscapes, and actively heated by various external forces, pay off for many years is not possible. So, in May and June 2019 year "International Mali crisis monitoring group" recorded in 4 times greater mutual armed attacks, than in May and June 2016 of the year. Therefore, many analysts believe, that the limited military measures half measures this conflict can not be solved, and it is necessary, or put more emphasis on humanitarian cooperation, or a more active military intervention for the final suppression of jihadi groups in the region.
The situation is complicated by the fact, that in recent years in the West African country permanently acute power crisis (So, in April of this year, all officially recognized at the international level, the political leadership of Mali was forced to resign), and it does nothing to resolve the confrontation on the territory of the State.
Against this background, looks very promising occurred a few days ago an official meeting of representatives of the Russian military leadership with representatives of the Government of Mali, on the basis of which the parties expressed common views on the crisis situation in the region. “IN” reported, that the foreign media raised concerns about statements by Sergei Shoigu, Russia's readiness to provide support for the normalization of the situation in Mali.
