UN urged to send more troops to Mali
Mali has asked the UN to send a rapid intervention force to fight Islamist militants in the north of the country.
Malian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop told the UN Security Council that urgent measures were needed following recent killings of UN peacekeepers.
A Senegalese soldier died on Tuesday, days after nine peacekeepers from Niger were killed by militants.
The UN’s peacekeeping chief said Malian forces had been unable to fill the gap left by departing French troops.
French and African troops intervened in Mali in January 2013 to stop the southern advance of al-Qaeda-linked fighters on the capital, Bamako.
The insurgents were expelled from the northern towns but have continued attacks against the UN force deployed to help bring stability.
Malian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop told the UN Security Council that urgent measures were needed following recent killings of UN peacekeepers.
A Senegalese soldier died on Tuesday, days after nine peacekeepers from Niger were killed by militants.
The UN’s peacekeeping chief said Malian forces had been unable to fill the gap left by departing French troops.
French and African troops intervened in Mali in January 2013 to stop the southern advance of al-Qaeda-linked fighters on the capital, Bamako.
The insurgents were expelled from the northern towns but have continued attacks against the UN force deployed to help bring stability.
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