Mali condemns treatment of its migrants deported from Mauritania

Mali says it is outraged over violence suffered by its citizens deported by neighboring Mauritania, along with those from Senegal, Ivory Coast and Guinea. The treatment of migrants has sparked an outcry in the region and Mali has demanded the "flagrant violation of human rights" must end. In a government statement issued on Wednesday "the government of Mali expresses its indignation and condemns with the utmost rigour the treatment suffered by its nationals in Mauritania." More than 1,800 Malian migrants have been pushed back from Mauritania in recent weeks, according to Minister for Malians Living Abroad Mossa Ag Attaher.