Mali Ceasefire

The United Nations Security Council on Monday threatened to blacklist anyone who hinders a peace deal in Mali reached by an alliance of Tuareg-led rebels and the government, and authorized the deployment of 40 military ceasefire monitors.

The Mali government and the three main rebel groups in the northern desert signed a ceasefire deal Friday, the United Nations said, after dozens of soldiers were killed or wounded

The United Nations Security Council on Monday threatened to blacklist anyone who hinders a peace deal in Mali reached by an alliance of Tuareg-led rebels and the government, and authorized the deployment of 40 military ceasefire monitors.

The Mali government and the three main rebel groups in the northern desert signed a ceasefire deal Friday, the United Nations said, after dozens of soldiers were killed or wounded