‘We saw terrible things’: Mali refugees tell of atrocities amid attacks
Thousands of Malians have been forced to flee their country as several groups, including the army, assault them.
![A Malian refugee now willing to the identified sits in his tent in Dounkara village, Mauritania [Shola Lawal/Al Jazeera]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/P1040667-1776903867.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Thousands of Malians have been forced to flee their country as several groups, including the army, assault them.
![A Malian refugee now willing to the identified sits in his tent in Dounkara village, Mauritania [Shola Lawal/Al Jazeera]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/P1040667-1776903867.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)








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The West African countries say the bans are equivalent to those imposed on their citizens by the United States.
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