New Bellingcat investigation sheds light on civilian deaths in Mali’s drone war
by editors@theworld.org (Joshua Coe) from The World: Latest Stories on (#78F9D)
The military junta in Mali has increasingly relied on drones to fight against separatists and an al-Qaida-backed insurgency. While state-run media have hailed these "surgical strikes" on "terrorists," a new investigative report by our partners at Bellingcat sheds more light on civilians killed by drones. The World's Marco Werman learned more from Bellingcat researcher Sebastian Vandermeersch.