UN peacekeeping mission in Mali officially ends after 10 years. In June, Mali’s military government, which seized power in 2020, demanded the departure of the decade-old mission.

United Nations peacekeepers started departing from two bases in northern Mali Monday as part of a forced withdrawal from the country amid increasing insecurity and a rise in attacks by Islamic ...

Mali Wants Withdrawal of UN Peacekeepers June 17, 2023 5:43 AM By VOA News; Map of Mali. Share . Print. Malian Foreign Affairs Minister ...

Each month MINUSMA organizes logistic convoys involving hundreds of civilians and military vehicles to supply remote UN bases in northern Mali. Picture taken February 16, 2017.

The UN's peacekeeping mission in Mali has acknowledged there were "dysfunctions" that preceded a row with the Malian authorities sparked by the arrival of Ivorian troops at Bamako airport this month.

With more than 14,000 troops on the ground, the UN mission in Mali is the biggest, costliest, and deadliest operation in the organisation’s history. More than 300 UN peacekeepers have also been ...

Mali's unexpected demand for the departure of U.N. peacekeepers may herald a sudden end to a decade-long ... said a UN withdrawal would be premature because the peace deal had not been fully ...

The Security Council on Friday unanimously approved the complete withdrawal of UN peacekeeping forces in Mali, although it will take six months for the final “blue helmets” to depart.