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07.11.2023
At least 22 UN peacekeepers injured in retreat from northern Mali base

UN says it is the sixth incident since the peacekeepers left their base in northern Kidal on October 31.

Source: Al Jazeera
31.10.2023
UN peacekeepers leave strategic camp in northern Mali

U.N. soldiers Tuesday left a camp in the strategic town of Kidal in Mali's volatile north, which has been wracked by jihadist and separatist violence, several sources in the peacekeeping mission told AFP.

Source: VOA News
22.10.2023
Government urged to support safe withdrawal of UN Mission

[…] “The UN underscores the responsibility of the Malian Transitional Government for the safety and security of peacekeepers and calls on it to extend all necessary cooperation to facilitate MINUSMA’s withdrawal,” the global body said in a note to correspondents issued on Sunday.

Source: UN News
14.10.2023
UN voices concern over obstacles to Mali mission’s orderly withdrawal

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.

Source: UN News
01.10.2023
Army and separatist rebels clash in fresh fighting

Tuareg rebels in northern Mali claim to have seized another Malian army base, the fourth since August. The escalation of violence coincides with the ongoing withdrawal of the UN stabilization force from the country.

Source: allAfrica
25.09.2023
Mali junta delays February presidential election for 'technical reasons'

Mali’s ruling junta on Monday announced a delay to a presidential election scheduled for February that was aimed at returning civilian leaders to power in the jihadist-hit West African nation.

Source: France24
17.09.2023
Mali's Tuareg rebels claim capture of more military bases

Fresh fighting broke out between Mali's army and northern Tuareg rebels on Sunday, with the rebels claiming to have taken control of two army bases in the central town of Lere.

Source: Reuters
16.09.2023
Juntas of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso sign security pact

Military juntas of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso signed a security pact on Saturday promising to help each other in the event of any rebellion insurgency or external aggression. The Liptako-Gourma Charter will create the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), Mali's junta leader Assimi Goita posted on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Source: DW
12.09.2023
Tuareg rebels claim control of northern Mali town after weeks of fighting

Rebels says they have seized control of a military camp and posts in Bourem from army and Wagner mercenaries, threatening to unravel a 2015 peace deal.

Source: Al Jazeera
11.09.2023
Meeting after Russian Federation’s veto of sanctions text, GA speakers consider consequences for stability in Mali

Following the Russian Federation’s 30 August veto of a draft resolution that would have renewed certain Security Council measures against those obstructing peace in Mali, speakers in the General Assembly considered its implications amidst the demanded withdrawal of United Nations presence from a country still in crisis.

Source: UN Meetings Coverage