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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, …

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UN peacekeepers have departed a rebel stronghold in northern Mali early as violence increases
1 year, 1 month ago

UN peacekeepers have departed a rebel stronghold in northern Mali early as violence increases

Associated Press  

BAMAKO, Mali — United Nations peacekeepers on Tuesday withdrew from a rebel stronghold in northern Mali weeks earlier than planned because of growing insecurity, leaving the town in the hands of ethnic Tuareg separatists. “The peacekeepers’ convoy that left Kidal this morning was the victim of two improvised explosive device attacks,” Myriam Dessables, head of communications for the U.N. mission …

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US to Mali: End restrictions on UN peacekeepers, seek peace
1 year, 8 months ago

US to Mali: End restrictions on UN peacekeepers, seek peace

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The United States warned Mali’s military government Wednesday that it would be “irresponsible” for the United Nations to continue deploying its more than 15,000 peacekeepers unless the western African nation ends restrictions including on operating reconnaissance drones and carries out political commitments toward peace and elections in March 2024. The United States is also “greatly concerned” that …

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Mali defends Russian ties and opposes options for UN force
1 year, 10 months ago

Mali defends Russian ties and opposes options for UN force

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Mali’s foreign minister defended the military government’s cooperation with Russia on Friday and rejected three options proposed by the U.N. chief to reconfigure the U.N. peacekeeping force in the west African country where Al-Qaida and Islamic State extremist groups are driving insecurity. But Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ internal review released this week of the 17,500-strong U.N. mission, known …

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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 …

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Mali releases three Ivorian soldiers; 46 still detained
2 years, 3 months ago

Mali releases three Ivorian soldiers; 46 still detained

Al Jazeera  

The arrest of the Ivorian soldiers in Mali’s capital in July sparked a diplomatic spat between the West African neighbours. Ivory Coast, which has repeatedly requested their release, says the soldiers were unfairly arrested after being sent to provide backup for the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, MINUSMA. Togolese foreign minister Robert Dusse, whose country has been mediating talks, told …

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Russia-West tensions inflame UN debate on Mali peacekeepers
2 years, 6 months ago

Russia-West tensions inflame UN debate on Mali peacekeepers

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Tensions between Russia and the West are aggravating talks about the future of one of the United Nations’ biggest and most perilous peacekeeping operations, the force sent to help Mali resist a decade-long Islamic extremist insurgency. In Mali, Human Rights Watch has accused Russian fighters and Mali’s army of killing hundreds of mostly civilian men in the …

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How Mali’s military fell out with its French ally
2 years, 7 months ago

How Mali’s military fell out with its French ally

Al Jazeera  

French forces are pulling out of Mali after a breakdown in relations with the country’s military government. Now, French forces are pulling out after a breakdown with the country’s military government which this week renounced Mali’s core military agreements with France. The disagreement accelerated in 2021 as Mali’s military wove closer ties with Moscow, bringing in “military instructors” that France …

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