United Nations Peacekeeping Mission In Mali

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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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  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 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.

• 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.

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  UN Peacekeepers Released From Ebola Quarantine in Mali

  Around 20 United Nations peacekeepers placed under quarantine in Mali after they were potentially exposed to Ebola more than three weeks ago have been released, the country's U.N. mission said on Saturday.

• Nine UN Troops Killed in Worst Attack Yet on Mali Force

  Nine United Nations peacekeepers in Mali were killed when heavily armed gunmen on motorbikes ambushed their convoy on Friday, the deadliest attack yet on U.N. troops in Mali, the mission said.

• Chad Accuses UN of Neglecting its Peacekeepers in Mali

  Chad's government accused the United Nations' peacekeeping mission in Mali on Friday of failing to relieve its contingent in the country's volatile north and neglecting to support it, a day after five Chadian soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb.

• Landmine Kills Four UN Soldiers, Wounds 15 in Northern Mali

  Four United Nations soldiers were killed on Tuesday and another 15 were wounded when the convoy they were traveling in struck a landmine in northern Mali, a spokesman for the country's U.N. peacekeeping mission said.

• United Nations Peacekeeper Killed in North Mali; 5 Wounded

  The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali says one of its patrols was attacked, killing a peacekeeper and wounding five others.

• Suicide Bomber Attacks UN Base in Northern Mali, Kills One

  A U.N. peacekeeper was killed and five others injured, two seriously, in a suicide attack on a patrol base in northern Mali, the U.N. peacekeeping mission (MINUSMA) said on Saturday.

• UN Finds Second Black Box of Air Algerie Jet

  The UN peacekeeping mission in Mali said on Saturday that its experts found the second black box of the Air Algerie plane that fell from the sky and disintegrated in remote northern Mali, killing all 118 people onboard.

• Mali Urges Aggressive Overhaul of UN Peacekeeping Mission

  Mali called on the United Nations to speed up deploying the remainder of its promised 12,000-member peacekeeping force and station more troops in the West African nation's turbulent north.