UN ends peacekeeping mission in Mali, US blames Russia's Wagner

U.N. peacekeepers carry the coffins of the three United Nations soldiers from Bangladesh, who were killed by an explosive device in northern Mali on Sunday, during a ceremony at the MINUSMA base in Bamako, Mali September 27, 2017. REUTERS/Moustapha Diallo/File Photo UNITED NATIONS, June 30 (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council on Friday unanimously voted to end a decade-long peacekeeping mission in Mali after the West African country’s military junta abruptly asked the 13,000-strong force to leave – a move the United States said was engineered by Russia’s Wagner mercenary group.

The end of the operation , known as […]

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