UN peacekeeping operation in Mali all set to end after decades
Dec 31, 2023, at 07:28 pm
The UN peacekeeping operation in Mali is poised to complete its drawdown on Sunday following a decade of multifaceted efforts to support the West African nation and its people after Malian authorities requested earlier this year to end the mission by 31 December.
UN voices concern over obstacles to Mali mission’s orderly withdrawal
Oct 16, 2023, at 01:52 am
Heightened tensions and the increasingly hostile presence of armed groups in northern Mali are likely to impede the departure of the UN Stabilization Mission there (MINUSMA), the UN said in a note to correspondents issued on Saturday.
Crisis deepens for Mali’s children, human rights updates from Brazil, Montenegro
Sep 27, 2023, at 11:22 pm
In Mali, one million children under five are at risk of malnutrition amid polio and measles outbreaks, increased armed violence and displacement, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.
Mali: 49 civilians, 15 soldiers die as terrorists attack boat, military base
Sep 08, 2023, at 04:08 pm
At least 64 people, including 49 civilians, were killed as terrorists attacked an army base and a passenger boat on the Niger River in northern Mali on Thursday, media reports said.
Mali: 200,000 children at risk of starvation, warn UN agencies
Sep 02, 2023, at 09:18 pm
A nexus of protracted armed conflict, internal displacement and limited humanitarian access threatens to plunge nearly one million children under the age of five into acute malnutrition by the end of this year – with at least 200,000 at risk of dying of hunger if life-saving aid fails to reach them, UN agencies said on Friday.
Mali: ‘MINUSMA is leaving, but the UN is staying’, Mission chief says
Aug 29, 2023, at 08:30 pm
While its peacekeeping operation in Mali, MINUSMA draws to a close by the end of this year, the UN remains committed to supporting the country’s stability and development, the head of the Mission said on Monday.
UN Security Council terminates Mali peacekeeping mission
Jul 01, 2023, at 11:58 pm
New York: 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.
UN strongly condemns attack on peacekeepers in Mali, which leaves one dead
Jun 10, 2023, at 05:02 pm
The UN has strongly condemned an attack on a peacekeeping patrol in Mali which left one ‘blue helmet’ from Burkina Faso dead and eight others with serious injuries.
UN says 4 peacekeepers from Sri Lanka injured in Mali blast
May 23, 2023, at 10:52 pm
United Nations: Detonation of an improvised explosive device (IED) in Mali injured four UN peacekeepers from Sri Lanka, a UN spokesman said.
Moura: Over 500 killed by Malian troops, foreign military personnel in 2022 operation
May 13, 2023, at 11:37 pm
New York: There are “strong indications” that more than 500 people were killed – the vast majority summarily executed – by Malian troops and foreign military personnel during a five-day operation in the village of Moura in central Mali in March 2022.
Mali: Ban slavery by law, say top rights experts
May 09, 2023, at 10:20 pm
New York: The existence of slavery by descent in Mali continues to generate horrific human rights violations including torture, kidnapping and rape, UN-appointed independent human rights experts said on Monday.
Nine people die in attack in central Mali
Apr 24, 2023, at 01:14 am
Bamako: At least nine civilians were killed and 61 others injured in a car bomb attack mounted by the Armed Terrorist Groups (GAT) at an airport area in central Mali.
Mali: Civilians paying the price as terrorist violence flares up, Security Council hears
Apr 14, 2023, at 05:24 pm
The security situation in Mali remains quite volatile, marked by pockets of terrorist violence, with devastating consequences for civilians, the top UN official there said on Wednesday.
Mali: Three UN peacekeepers killed in explosive attack
Feb 22, 2023, at 07:29 pm
New York: Three Senegalese peacekeepers serving in Mali were killed, and five others seriously injured, when their vehicle hit an explosive device, the UN Mission in the country, MINUSMA, reported on Tuesday.
UN human rights chief calls on Mali to reverse ‘regrettable’ expulsion order
Feb 07, 2023, at 08:33 pm
New York: The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Monday called on Malian authorities to rescind their expulsion order for his top representative in the country.
Grant to UN Mission in Mali boosts inclusivity for women in peacekeeping
Dec 21, 2022, at 05:57 pm
New York: A $1.5 million grant to the UN’s peacekeeping mission in Mali, MINUSMA, announced on Tuesday, is designed to enable a more inclusive environment for women blue helmets serving in the country, while also improving living conditions.
Mali: UN chief condemns attack against UN peacekeepers
Dec 17, 2022, at 11:06 pm
New Delhi/UNI: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned the attack against a police patrol of the UN mission in Mali on Friday, which killed two Nigerian peacekeepers and injured four others.
Mali: Security situation deteriorates, human rights concerns rise
Aug 16, 2022, at 09:13 pm
New York: UN troop rotations in the peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA) resumed on Monday with a new approval mechanism one month after they were suspended by the ruling junta, which accused 49 Ivorian soldiers of entering the country without permission.
Mali: Guterres ‘shocked and outraged’ by reports of civilian massacres
Jun 24, 2022, at 08:51 pm
New York: The Secretary-General issued a statement on Wednesday expressing his shock and outrage over reports that well over a hundred civilians have been killed in the past week, during attacks by armed extremists in central Mali, and further north.
Mali: UN condemns second ‘cowardly’ attack in three days against peacekeepers
Jun 04, 2022, at 09:02 pm
New York: Two Egyptian peacekeepers serving with the UN Mission in Mali, MINUSMA, were killed on Friday - the second fatal attack this week on a peacekeeping convoy in the West African country.
Mali: Deadly convoy attack ‘tragic reminder’ of threats to peacekeepers
Jun 03, 2022, at 09:14 pm
New York: Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned a deadly attack on Wednesday against a UN Peacekeeping logistics convoy near the town of Kidal in northern Mali.
Mali’s Press ban reflects growing regional intolerance, says UN rights office
Apr 30, 2022, at 05:37 pm
New York: Mali’s ban on two major international broadcasters operating inside the country is a worrying development in itself but it also reflects growing regional intolerance towards freedom of expression, the UN rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday.
More resources need to help secure Mali, peacekeeping mission head tells Security Council
Apr 08, 2022, at 09:56 pm
New York: The UN’s peacekeeping chief in Mali on Thursday, made an urgent call for adequate resources for the mission to carry out its mandate, and meet the growing demand to address a deteriorating security situation across the north and centre of the restive country.
Two UN peacekeepers killed in Mali, four wounded
Mar 08, 2022, at 10:26 pm
New York: A convoy from the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA) hit an improvised explosive device north of Mopti on Monday, killing at least two ‘blue helmets’, from Egypt, and wounding four others.
Mali Humanitarian Response Plan seeks $686 million
Feb 16, 2022, at 12:02 am
New York: The UN together with humanitarian partners on Monday, launched the 2022 Humanitarian Response Plan for Mali, seeking $686 million from donors to help 5.3 million of the most vulnerable people in the country.
Mali: Security Council warned of 'endless cycle of instability'
Jan 12, 2022, at 06:14 pm
New York: A decade after civil conflict erupted in Mali, hopes for an early resolution to insurgency and strife have not materialized, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the country, El-Ghassim Wane, told the Security Council on Tuesday.
Seven UN peacekeepers killed in latest Mali attack
Dec 10, 2021, at 06:40 pm
New York: On Wednesday morning, seven UN peacekeepers from Togo died and three others were seriously injured when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in the Bandiagara region in central Mali.
Mali: Terrorists attack bus, 33 civilians die
Dec 04, 2021, at 03:22 pm
Bamako: At least 33 people died as terrorists attacked a bus in central Mali on Saturday, media reports said.
UN chief condemns attack on UN peacekeepers in Mali
Oct 04, 2021, at 10:59 pm
New York: The UN Secretary-General has condemned an attack against peacekeepers in Mali on Saturday which left one Egyptian ‘blue helmet’ dead, and four others seriously injured.
Mali violence threatens country’s survival, warns UN human rights expert
Aug 07, 2021, at 08:53 pm
New York: Rapidly spreading violence in Mali is threatening the State’s very survival, the UN independent expert on the human rights situation in the country said on Friday.