Credit: gov.uk / United Kingdom Chinook helicopters and almost 100 service personnel have been deployed to the French-led operation in Mali since 2018. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The UK Government has authorised a large-scale British peacekeeping deployment to Eastern Mali, sending 250 troops
Credit: MINUSMA/ Marco Dormino / Des policiers béninois de la mission de maintien de la paix des Nations Unies au Mali (MINUSMA) et la Garde nationale malienne effectuent des patrouilles conjointes quotidiennes dans les rues de Gao en novembre 2018. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC
Credit: Wikipedia Commons / Fulani herders in the arid region of Gao, Northern Mali, west Africa By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – What is happening in the West African nation of Mali is quite unprecedented. The once peaceful country has descended
Credit: Wikipedia Commons / Ferdinand Reus from Arnhem, Holland / Fulani settlement in Mali. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – Unidentified armed individuals attacked the villages of Yoro and Gangafani, in the Mopti region in central Mali, near the border with Burkina
Credit: Wikipedia / At least 95 civilians were killed in an assault on Sobanou-Kou village in the Mopti region of central Mali Sunday June 9, 2019. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – Nearly 100 people were reportedly killed during an attack on
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – The cycle of deadly violence continues in west Africa nation Mali, just one month after its Prime Minister resigned along with the entire government over a failure to stem the tide in ethnic and jihadist killings. A
Credit: diplomatie.gouv.fr / German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (left) and Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs (France) Jean-Yves Le Drian at Munich Security Conference Feb. 15, 2019. By Gary Raynaldo / DIPLOMATIC TIMES The UN Peacekeeping Mission (MINUSMA) in west Africa nation Mali is