Experienced official from Netherlands appointed Deputy UN Special Representative for Mali
Aug 26, 2015, at 03:23 pm
New York, Aug 26 (IBNS):United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday announced the appointment of Koen Davidse, of the Netherlands, as his Deputy Special Representative in the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). He will succeed Arnauld Akodjènou, of Benin, in September 2015.
Mali: Ban welcomes the signature of the Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation by remaining parties
Jun 21, 2015, at 10:52 pm
New Delhi, June 21 (IBNS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed Saturday the signature, earlier today, of the Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in Mali by the Coordination coalition of armed groups in Bamako.
Mali: Ban deplores violent protests against Mission compound, launches inquiry
Jan 30, 2015, at 07:51 pm
New York, Jan 30 (IBNS) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the deadly protests against a United Nations Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) compound in the northern city of Gao, which left several people dead and a number of others injured.
Mali: UN mission wards off rebel attack; urges armed groups to respect ceasefire
Jan 22, 2015, at 03:42 pm
New York, Jan 22 (IBNS) The United Nations Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has confirmed it used force in response to machine gun fire directed at its troops and towards the town inhabited by civilians, on Tuesday in Tabankort, in the restive north of the country.
UN envoy calls for funding backed by government action, peace successes in troubled Sahel
Oct 17, 2014, at 09:33 pm
New York, Oct 17 (IBNS): The African Sahel region needs more resources, more joint action and faster ways to deal with the structural challenges, like climate change, and successes on peace processes in Darfur, northern Mali and Libya, a senior United Nations humanitarian Friday said.
Mali: Ban condemns deadly attack against UN peacekeepers
Sep 03, 2014, at 06:48 pm
New York, Sept 3 (IBNS) Condemning the latest in a series of recent attacks against United Nations personnel and contractors in northern Mali, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday declared that the latest incident, in which four UN peacekeepers were killed and 15 others injured, would not deter the Organization’s determination to support the Malian Government and people.
UN agencies scale up relief measures in Mali
May 28, 2014, at 06:09 pm
New York, May 28 (IBNS): A ceasefire agreed between the Government and three rebel groups in restive northern Mali appears to be holding, the United Nations reported on Tuesday, warning however that recent deadly violence in the flashpoint city of Kidal has displaced some 4,000 people who now desperately need food, water and other necessities.
UNSC deplores renewed violence in northern Mali
May 21, 2014, at 05:18 pm
New York, May 21 (IBNS): Briefing the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in the wake deadly violence that rocked the northern Malian town of Kidal this past weekend, the top UN official in the country urged all parties on Tuesday to take immediate steps to de-escalate tensions and avoid further provocation to keep the long-troubled region from sliding back into crisis.