BamakoMali’s drones struck civilians over a dozen times.
Bellingcat and Jeune Afrique tied the strikes to Mali’s military, not rebels.
Researchers call it “guilt by location”: low-resolution sensors over hostile territory turn mere presence into a target.
Mali’s military received no substantive response when asked to comment.
How each outlet framed it
- Bellingcat leans critical
- geolocates 12+ drone strikes in northern Mali, documents civilian deaths contrasted with military's broadcast narrative of 'precise terrorist targeting'
Sources: Bellingcat