Un Mission Mali

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  Trump Administration Proposes Scrapping UN Peacekeeping Funding

  The White House budget office has proposed eliminating funding for United Nations peacekeeping missions, citing failures by operations in Mali, Lebanon and Democratic Republic of Congo, according to internal planning documents seen by Reuters.

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  First Two UN Peacekeepers Die Of Coronavirus

  Two UN peacekeepers in Mali have died from the coronavirus, officials said Friday. Out of the some 100,000 UN troops deployed on about 15 different missions around the world, these two are the first whose deaths were directly linked to the pandemic.

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  UN Peacekeeper Killed, Five Wounded In Mali

  One peacekeeper was killed and five others were wounded Sunday when a roadside bomb exploded in strife-torn northeastern Mali, the UN mission MINUSMA said.

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  UN Says Its Police Base In Mali's Timbuktu Retaken From Attackers

  The UN mission to Mali said today that Malian forces backed by UN helicopters had retaken a police base in Timbuktu from unknown assailants who had captured it early in the morning.

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  Mali Hotel Attack Probe Delayed Over Investigators' Differences: Sources

  A probe into last month's hostage taking at a hotel in Mali's capital Bamako has been slowed by procedural differences between Malian investigators and their foreign counterparts, sources said on Saturday.

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  3 Dead in Rocket Attack on UN Base in North Mali

  Two UN peacekeepers and a contractor died in a rocket attack Saturday on a UN base in northeast Mali claimed by the jihadist Ansar Dine group, a week after a deadly siege at a Bamako hotel shocked the country.

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  UN Police Accused of Mali Deaths to Face Home Country Court: Source

  A United Nations inquiry found police peacekeepers shot the protesters during a demonstration on Jan. 27 in the northern Mali town of Gao as the UN tried to broker peace between armed groups in the area. Four people were injured.

• 2 United Nation Drivers Killed as Convoy Attacked in Northern Mali

  Two drivers were shot dead in an attack on a peacekeeping supply convoy in northern Mali, the UN mission said today.

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  UN Calls for Swift Justice After 'Heinous' Mali Attack

  The United Nations Security Council strongly condemned an attack on a Bamako nightclub that killed five people on Saturday, including two Europeans and a Malian policeman, calling for swift justice.

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  UN Panel Urges Increased Use of Drones in Peacekeeping Missions

  A United Nations panel assessing the future technological needs of peacekeeping missions has recommended dramatically expanding the use of unmanned surveillance drones in UN military operations, the head of the panel said on Monday.

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  Dozens Killed in Suicide Attack Against Mali Rebels: Security Sources

  An attack overnight in northern Mali by a pro-government armed group including suicide bombers killed a dozen people, security sources said Wednesday.

• Dutch UN Attack Helicopters Strike Mali Rebels in North

  Dutch United Nations attack helicopters carried out air strikes on Tuareg rebel forces in northern Mali on Tuesday, the first such engagement by Dutch forces serving in the U.N. mission in Mali.

• Chadian Peacekeeper Killed in Attack on UN Base in Northern Mali

  Suspected Islamist militants attacked a UN base in northern Mali with car bombs and rockets on Saturday, killing one Chadian member of the UN peacekeeping mission and wounding another, the mission said.

• Peacekeeper Killed in Fresh Attack on UN Camp in Mali

  A peacekeeper with the UN force in Mali was killed early on Saturday when gunmen launched a fresh attack on the camp housing UN troops in the country's north, UN officials said.

• Six UN Peacekeepers Wounded by Roadside Bomb in North Mali

  At least six United Nations peacekeepers were wounded when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in northern Mali on Sunday, the UN mission in Mali said.