The Dogon, subsistence farmers who hold ancient animist beliefs, are one of central Mali's ethnic groups. In the 15th century, or even earlier, perhaps fleeing a wave of Islamization, they settled ...

The UN deployed peacekeepers to Mali in 2013 after a jihadist ... fuelling tensions with other ethnic groups such as Bambara and Dogon. The Fulani are primarily cattle breeders and traders ...

The attacks on Monday evening on the villages of Yoro and Gangafani 2 compound a dire security situation in central Mali, where ethnic militias regularly slaughter civilians from rival groups and ...

The group denied the allegations. Mali has since 2012 been ... and the Bambara and Dogon, largely farmers, leading to the formation of ethnic self-defence groups. The deteriorated security context ...