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. The UN troops were initially welcomed ...

drivers and other support roles across the 12 UN bases nationwide. "We are worried that with the withdrawal of troops in Mali, the same thing will happen in Mali as it did in Afghanistan," Linda ...

Mali had called for the immediate withdrawal of the mission. Bamako and the UN have agreed on a six-month deadline between 1 July and 31 December for the complete withdrawal of troops. This ...

Berlin has deployed some 1,000 troops to Mali, most near the northern town of Gao where their main task is to gather reconnaissance for the UN peacekeeping mission MINUSMA. The military has begun ...

Mali has told the UN that its 12,000 peacemakers need to leave, after 10 years countering Islamist militants in the country. Last year, France withdrew its forces after military leaders seized ...

Boost for Wagner as Mali shuns UN troops The army had already been targeted in Bamba earlier in September by al-Qaeda-linked jihadists. In a social media post, the military said the clashes in ...

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Mali's troops and its foreign security partners, believed to be Russia's Wagner mercenaries, are using violence against women and other "grave human rights abuses ...

However, it is not the casualty toll that is driving the UN out of Mali. It is the country's military regime that is insisting the 12,000 international troops must depart - despite a desperate ...

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 30 (Reuters ... U.N. sanctions monitors reported to the Security Council this month that Mali's troops and its foreign security partners, believed to be Russia's Wagner ...

This is the United Nations ... troops from several nations, while cooperation with China and Russia was on the rise. Last year, U.N. peacekeepers were forced to shutter their mission in Mali ...

Two United Nations troops were killed and four others were badly injured by a roadside bomb in northern Mali on Monday, the UN peacekeeping mission said. They had been taking part in a search for ...