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UN peacekeeping rotations to resume in Mali starting Monday

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  • 13 Aug 2022 23:29
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Mali's Foreign Minister says the UN peacekeeping mission in the country will resume contingent rotations from Monday under fresh approval procedures.

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The UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, MINUSMA, is to resume contingent rotations from Monday under fresh approval procedures, the Malian Foreign Minister and a UN spokesperson have said.

"MINUSMA agreed to the new procedures and communicated them to all countries contributing troops. There will be no exception," Malian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop said Saturday after the Sahel state suspended the rotations last month over "national security" reasons.

The peacekeeping force's spokeswoman, Myriam Dessables, confirmed the news and said that "Rotations are to resume from Monday."

Germany suspended reconnaissance operations, helicopter transport flights

The announcement came after Germany said Friday it had stopped reconnaissance operations and helicopter transport flights in Mali until further notice after Bamako denied flyover rights to MINUSMA.

According to the German defense ministry spokesman, those rights were refused despite assurances to the contrary from the Malian Defence Minister Sadio Camara in a call with his German counterpart Christine Lambrecht Thursday.

Diop said the various contingents previously had to seek approval directly from the Malian authorities. But now "all requests must go via MINUSMA, who will then pass them on to the foreign ministry," the Malian minister said.

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The July 14 suspension of rotations came four days after Mali arrested 49 Ivorian soldiers that it later described as "mercenaries" intent on toppling the country's military-led government.

Ivory Coast said the troops had been sent to provide backup to MINUSMA.

The peacekeeping mission acknowledged there had been "dysfunctions" in deploying the Ivorian troops.

Former MINUSMA spokesman Olivier Salgado was expelled from the country for publishing what the authorities deemed "unacceptable" information on Twitter following the arrest.

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Launched in 2013, MINUSMA - the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali - is one of the UN's biggest peacekeeping operations, with 17,609 troops, police, civilians, and volunteers deployed as of April, according to the mission's website.

Mali has been ruled by a military government since 2020.

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It comes after a suspected terrorist attack in the town of Tessit, near the borders with Niger and Burkina Faso, killed 42 Malian soldiers on Sunday last week. The army blamed ISGS.

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