UN peacekeeping mission in Mali officially ends after 10 years
1 year ago

UN peacekeeping mission in Mali officially ends after 10 years

Al Jazeera  

In June, Mali’s military government, which seized power in 2020, demanded the departure of the decade-old mission. The mission, known as the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, lowered the UN flag in its headquarters in the capital Bamako, its spokesperson Fatoumata Kaba told the AFP news agency on Monday. A decade of MINUSMA In June, Mali’s military government, which seized power in 2020, demanded the departure of the mission, deployed since 2013, despite being in the grip of attacks by armed groups in the Sahel region. The pullout went smoothly, unlike recent withdrawals in Mali’s volatile north which took place under fears of a military escalation between the army and rebel groups, Kaba told AFP. After seizing power in August 2020 citing mounting insecurity, Mali’s government ditched the alliance with former colonial power France, preferring rapprochement with Moscow and the private army Wagner Group.

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UN to complete Mali mission withdrawal by mid-November
1 month, 2 weeks ago

UN to complete Mali mission withdrawal by mid-November

Firstpost  

United Nations had previously maintained around 15,000 soldiers and police in the fragile and poor West African nation, which is in the grip of jihadist violence and other crises Attendees, including one holding a board representing the Interim president of Mali and Junta leader, gather while holding Mali national flags during Mali’s Independence Day Celebrations and a march against United …

Somalia wants to terminate the UN political mission assisting peace efforts in the country
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Somalia wants to terminate the UN political mission assisting peace efforts in the country

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Somalia is asking the United Nations to terminate its political mission in the country, which has been assisting the government to bring peace and stability in the face of attacks by the al-Qaida-linked extremist group al-Shabab. In a letter to the Security Council and Secretary-General Antonio Guterres obtained Friday by The Associated Press, Somali Foreign Minister Ahmed …

UN Security Council agrees to early withdrawal of DR Congo peacekeepers
1 year ago

UN Security Council agrees to early withdrawal of DR Congo peacekeepers

Al Jazeera  

Congolese authorities have long accused UN forces of failing to protect civilians from armed groups in the eastern DRC. The 15-member body voted on Tuesday to draw down peacekeeping forces in the Central African nation about a year earlier than originally scheduled despite continued concerns over violence. Numerous armed groups, including the ​​Allied Democratic Forces and M23, are active in …

The UN peacekeeping mission in Mali ends after 10 years, following the junta’s pressure to go
1 year ago

The UN peacekeeping mission in Mali ends after 10 years, following the junta’s pressure to go

Associated Press  

BAMAKO, Mali — The United Nations ended its 10-year peacekeeping mission in Mali on Monday following the government’s request that alleged the force was inadequate to respond to growing violent extremism in the West African nation. In June, however, Mali’s junta asked the U.N. mission to leave, claiming that its “future outlook doesn’t seem to respond to the security needs” …

United Nations bemoans struggles to fund peacekeeping as nations demand withdrawal of missions
1 year ago

United Nations bemoans struggles to fund peacekeeping as nations demand withdrawal of missions

Associated Press  

ACCRA, Ghana — The United Nations’ top peacekeeping official defended the organization’s missions worldwide as concerns grow that they’ve gone into retreat as African leaders demand their withdrawal from Mali to Congo. Though Lacroix lamented how the peacekeeping budget was a mere 0.3% of global military spending, he also noted that it provides a good return on investment as peacekeepers …

United Nations bemoans struggles to fund peacekeeping as nations demand withdrawal of missions
1 year ago

United Nations bemoans struggles to fund peacekeeping as nations demand withdrawal of missions

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The United Nations' top peacekeeping …

Security Council agrees to terminate UN mission in Sudan
1 year ago

Security Council agrees to terminate UN mission in Sudan

Al Jazeera  

The United Nations political mission in Sudan, UNITAMS, will end on Sunday. A United Nations political mission in war-racked Sudan will end on Sunday after the UN Security Council voted to shut it down following a request from Sudanese authorities last month. Fourteen of the council’s 15 members adopted Friday’s resolution to end the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission …

Why is Kenya leading a UN-approved international mission for troubled Haiti? | Explained
1 year, 2 months ago

Why is Kenya leading a UN-approved international mission for troubled Haiti? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: Around a year after Haiti approached the United Nations seeking urgent help to combat deadly gang violence, the United Nations Security Council has approved international intervention in the form of a foreign security mission, led by Kenya, to restore security, protect critical infrastructure and control spiralling violence in the country. After the vote, Haitian Prime Minister …

UN votes to end its peacekeeping mission in Mali as demanded by the country’s military junta
1 year, 5 months ago

UN votes to end its peacekeeping mission in Mali as demanded by the country’s military junta

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday to immediately end its peacekeeping mission in Mali as demanded by the country’s military junta, which has brought in mercenaries from Russia’s Wagner Group to help fight an Islamic insurgency. Kirby also claimed that “Prighozin helped engineer” the speedy departure of U.N. peacekeepers “to further Wagner’s interests.” “We know that …

UN Security Council ends peacekeeping mission in Mali
1 year, 5 months ago

UN Security Council ends peacekeeping mission in Mali

Al Jazeera  

Members vote unanimously to immediately wind down the mission despite fears by Western powers of new instability in the troubled nation. The UN Security Council ended a decade-old peacekeeping mission in Mali after the ruling military demanded the withdrawal of the international force battling an armed rebellion “without delay”. The Security Council resolution authorised MINUSMA to – “within its immediate …

Germany to speed up Mali withdrawal as UN mission ends
1 year, 5 months ago

Germany to speed up Mali withdrawal as UN mission ends

Al Jazeera  

Berlin had deployed some 1,000 soldiers to Mali as part of the MINUSMA peacekeeping operation against armed groups there. German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has said the country is looking to pull its soldiers out of Mali faster, though still in an ordered manner, in light of the planned end of a United Nations peacekeeping mission on June 30. The …

‘Fatal blow’: Mali rebels warn against UN peacekeepers departure
1 year, 6 months ago

‘Fatal blow’: Mali rebels warn against UN peacekeepers departure

Al Jazeera  

A coalition of Malian rebels has warned that the departure of MINUSMA, the peacekeeping force, could hurt a peace deal. The departure of a United Nations peacekeeping mission from Mali will strike a “fatal blow” to a peace accord and threaten stability across the region, a coalition of armed groups in the country’s north warned on Wednesday. Mali’s military government …

Mali authorities say they will prosecute those behind UN report that accused military of abuses
1 year, 6 months ago

Mali authorities say they will prosecute those behind UN report that accused military of abuses

Associated Press  

BAMAKO, Mali — Malian authorities will launch an espionage prosecution against the people behind a U.N. report that accused the country’s military of committing human rights violations alongside Russian mercenaries, Mali’s public prosecutor said. The announcement comes amid growing uncertainty about the future of the U.N.'s peacekeeping mission in Mali after Foreign Affairs Minister Abdoulaye Diop recently made a formal …

Mali’s top diplomat demands UN peacekeepers leave the country after more than 10 years
1 year, 6 months ago

Mali’s top diplomat demands UN peacekeepers leave the country after more than 10 years

Associated Press  

BAMAKO, Mali — Mali’s top diplomat demanded Friday that U.N. peacekeepers who have been in this West African country grappling with an Islamic insurgency for more than a decade leave immediately, claiming they had failed in their mission. He said the mission has not “been able to adequately respond to the security situation in Mali” and that its “future outlook …

Mali asks UN to withdraw its peacekeeping mission ‘without delay’
1 year, 6 months ago

Mali asks UN to withdraw its peacekeeping mission ‘without delay’

Al Jazeera  

Mali has called on the United Nations to withdraw its peacekeeping mission from the country “without delay,” denouncing its “failure” to respond to security challenges. El Ghassim Wane, the head of the UN mission in Mali, said after the meeting of the 15-member council that conducting UN peacekeeping operations was “nearly impossible” without the consent of the host country. There …

One UN peacekeeper dead, four others injured in north Mali attack
1 year, 6 months ago

One UN peacekeeper dead, four others injured in north Mali attack

Al Jazeera  

More than 300 of the peacekeepers in MINUSMA have also been killed since the start of the Mali mission in 2013. At least one United Nations peacekeeper was killed and four others seriously injured when their patrol was attacked in northern Mali on Friday, the peacekeeping mission MINUSMA said. MINUSMA – the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali …

Mali protesters demand exit of UN peacekeeping mission
1 year, 6 months ago

Mali protesters demand exit of UN peacekeeping mission

Al Jazeera  

Thousands demonstrate in Bamako, demanding an end to a peacekeeping mission they say has failed to bring peace. Several thousand demonstrators gathered in the country’s capital of Bamako on Thursday, demanding an end to a United Nations peacekeeping mission that they say has failed to bring peace. But in recent months, there have been repeated instances of friction between the …

3 UN peacekeepers killed, 5 wounded by roadside bomb in Mali
1 year, 10 months ago

3 UN peacekeepers killed, 5 wounded by roadside bomb in Mali

Associated Press  

BAMAKO, Mali — Three United Nations peacekeepers were killed and five others wounded by a roadside bomb in central Mali on Tuesday, according to the U.N. The bomb struck a supply convoy near the village of Songobia, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali known as MINUSMA said in a statement. The U.N. Security Council and Secretary-General Antonio …

Mali expels UN mission’s human rights chief
1 year, 10 months ago

Mali expels UN mission’s human rights chief

Al Jazeera  

The Malian government said the decision was due to the UN mission chief’s choice of civil society witnesses for UN Security Council briefings. The Malian interim government says the head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission’s human rights division has been asked to leave the country within 48 hours after being declared persona non grata. The Malian authorities have come …

Germany to wind down Mali military mission by mid-2024
2 years, 1 month ago

Germany to wind down Mali military mission by mid-2024

Associated Press  

BERLIN — The German government said Tuesday that it plans to wind down the country’s participation in a U.N. military mission in Mali by the middle of 2024. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s spokesman, Steffen Hebestreit, said in a brief statement that the government will propose to parliament granting a final one-year extension to the mission in Mali in May “to allow …

Germany to withdraw troops from UN Mali mission by May 2024
2 years, 1 month ago

Germany to withdraw troops from UN Mali mission by May 2024

Al Jazeera  

Germany becomes latest country to pull its troops from UN Mali mission after facing difficulties in recent months. Germany will withdraw its troops from the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali by May 2024, a government spokesman has said, becoming the latest country to announce its pullout from the rebellion-hit country. There have been growing tensions between the UN mission …

Two UN peacekeepers dead, 5 others wounded in Mali attack
2 years, 5 months ago

Two UN peacekeepers dead, 5 others wounded in Mali attack

Al Jazeera  

Malian rebels, some with links to al-Qaeda and ISIL, have gained momentum despite the presence of foreign troops and United Nations peacekeepers. Two United Nations peacekeepers were killed and five others severely wounded by an improvised explosive device in northern Mali, the UN peacekeeping mission said. The incident took place between the village of Tessalit and the city of Gao …

Mali vows to defy UN call for peacekeepers to investigate abuses
2 years, 5 months ago

Mali vows to defy UN call for peacekeepers to investigate abuses

Al Jazeera  

The UN Security Council has extended a nine-year-old UN peacekeeping operation, known as MINUSMA, for another 12 months. Mali says it will defy a United Nations Security Council call for it to allow freedom of movement for peacekeepers to investigate human rights abuses. “Mali is not in a position to guarantee the freedom of movement for MINUSMA’s inquiries without prior …

UN Says French Pullout from Mali Will 'Impact' Peacekeepers
2 years, 10 months ago

UN Says French Pullout from Mali Will 'Impact' Peacekeepers

News 18  

(AFrance’s planned military withdrawal from Mali is “bound to impact” the UN’s peacekeeping mission in the troubled Sahel state, the United Nations said on Thursday. Olivier Salgado, the spokesman for the MINUSMA peacekeeping mission in Mali, told AFP that the UN was studying the impact of the pullout and would “take the necessary steps to adapt.” Mali has been struggling …

UN: 4 UN peacekeepers, 23 attackers killed in Mali
3 years, 8 months ago

UN: 4 UN peacekeepers, 23 attackers killed in Mali

India TV News  

A fierce attack on a UN peacekeeping base in Northern Mali last week killed four peacekeepers and at least 23 attackers, and injured another 34 peacekeepers, the United Nations said Monday in an updated report. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric reiterated Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' salute on Friday to the bravery of Chadian peacekeepers who defended their camp in Aguelhok in the …

UN-AU mission in Sudan’s Darfur ends mandate after 13 years
3 years, 11 months ago

UN-AU mission in Sudan’s Darfur ends mandate after 13 years

Al Jazeera  

The UNAMID peacekeeping mission was deployed in Darfur in 2007 to end a bitter conflict that erupted in 2003. A joint United Nations and African Union peacekeeping mission in Sudan’s troubled Darfur region will end on Thursday, after more than 13 years of operation. “As of 1 January 2021, UNAMID’s troops and police personnel will focus on providing security for …

Challenges ahead as UN set to extend ‘most dangerous’ mission
4 years, 5 months ago

Challenges ahead as UN set to extend ‘most dangerous’ mission

Al Jazeera  

The seven-year-old MINUSMA operating in Mali has faced an array of issues as insecurity in the Sahel grows. Often dubbed the UN’s most “dangerous mission”, MINUSMA will enter its eighth year at the centre of a multilayered and complicated conflict that has spread across the Sahel, a semi-arid region directly south of the Sahara desert in northwestern and central Africa. …

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