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EUCAP Sahel Mali
EU Capacity Building Mission in Mali 
Authorization date: 04/14
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MISAHEL
African Union Mission to Mali und the Sahel (AU)
Begin: 08/13
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News

16.01.2019
‘Dire’ humanitarian situation, ‘grave’ security concerns challenge fragile peace

[…] Bintou Keita, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations in Africa, also apprised the Council of the alarming security situation in the central and northern areas of the African State, saying it was “of grave concern,” and provided “a major challenge” to implementing the UN-backed 2015 peace agreement.

Source: UN News
04.01.2019
El Salvador sends more MD 500s to Mali

El Salvador has sent a second aviation unit with three MD 500E helicopters to Mali, where they have taken over from the German Tiger attack helicopters operated on behalf of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA).

Source: defenceWeb
01.01.2019
Mali attack: 37 civilians killed in armed raid on village

Armed men killed 37 Fulani civilians on Tuesday in central Mali, where ethnic violence cost hundreds of lives last year, the government has said.

Source: The Guardian
Army colonel Assimi Goita declares himself head of Mali's junta

Goita met high-level civil servants in Mali's capital Bamako before declaring himself as the leader of the 'National Committee for the Salvation of the People'. The group seized power on Tuesday in a coup … arresting incumbent President Ibrahim Boubakar and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse.

Source: RFI