UN in ‘unprecedented’ withdrawal of nearly 13,000 peacekeepers from Mali

UN in ‘unprecedented’ withdrawal of nearly 13,000 peacekeepers from Mali

The United Nations is within the throes of what Secretary-General António Guterres calls an “unprecedented” six-month exit from Mali on orders of the West African nation’s navy junta. All 12,947 UN peacekeepers and police should be despatched residence, their 12 camps and one momentary base handed over to the federal government and 1,786 civilian workers terminated by the December 31 deadline.

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