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March 25, 2019
Mali’sgovernment has announced the sacking of top military officers and thedissolution of a militia, a day after the killing of more than 130 people.
PrimeMinister Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga said new Military Chiefs would be named, andthat the Dan Nan Ambassagou association, comprising Dogon hunters, had beendissolved.
Survivorsof Saturday’s attack said ethnic Dogon hunters carried out the raid inOgossagou, a village in central Mali inhabited by the Fulani community.
ArmyChief of Staff General M’Bemba Moussa Keita was removed and replaced by GeneralAbdoulaye Coulibaly, while Chief of Land Forces General Abdrahamane Baby wasreplaced by Brigadier General Keba Sangare.
Thedevelopments came hours after President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita called anemergency meeting in response to the attack, in which at least 134 men, womenand children were killed.
Thevictims were shot or hacked to death with machetes.