UN mission ends decade of deployment in Mali
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Bamako (AFP) Dec 31, 2023
The UN mission in Mali ended a decade of deployment in the crisis-wracked country on Sunday, meeting a December 31 deadline agreed after Mali's military leaders ordered it to leave. The UN stabilisation mission (MINUSMA) had been in place since 2013, and its withdrawal is igniting fears that fighting will intensify between troops and armed factions. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres