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German army to deploy CH-53 helicopters to Gao next summer

Germany's MINUSMA contingents stationed in Gao will be taking delivery of several heavy-lift transport helicopters, thereby reducing their reliance on private contractors and affording Berlin more flexibility to follow its own path in this troubled region. [...]

Published on 23.12.2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Barkhane
Bundeswehr
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Forces armees maliennes
Minusma
Sikorsky
Ukrainian Helicopters
United Nations
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UN launches strategic review of Mali peacekeeping mission in volatile context

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MINUSMA put out as Kyiv recalls its helicopters

To counter Russia's invasion, Ukraine has requisitioned six choppers deployed with the UN's peacekeeping mission in Mali, compromising the force's operational capacity.

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Mil Mi-8 helicopters with partially painted-out UN logos.

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Moura massacre: the explosive UN report

The UN's OHCHR is shortly due to hand over its investigation on the killings that took place in the village of Moura in central Mali in March to the body's Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The document points the finger at Mali's Armed Forces and Russia's Wagner group, and could have repercussions on the UN's presence in Mali.

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A UN Security Council meeting on 7 April 2022, discussing the Moura massacre in Mali.

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Faced with Wagner, the EU sets out conditions for staying in Mali

In a letter sent to Mali's foreign minister on 9 March, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell made the continuation of EU operations in Mali conditional on a strict separation from the activities of the Russian mercenary firm Wagner.

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Sahel
French army's Thales mini-drones rack up technical setbacks

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The Niamey base in Niger could become the nerve centre of French operations.

Africa, Germany
Berlin's new Africa minister Katja Keul sizes up the Sahel

Appointed German deputy foreign minister in December, lawyer and Green Party member Katja Keul has been given the responsibility for African affairs and therefore for Mali, where the German army is still deploying several hundred soldiers.

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Katja Keul, Germany's deputy foreign minister.

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Wagner and junta close to deal to deploy 500 paramilitaries across Mali

The Malian junta and the Russian paramilitary company Wagner are close to an agreement that would provide for the deployment of 500 men in about ten localities. France, bitterly opposed to the arrival of Russian mercenaries, is due to hold a defence council on Mali at the Elysée on 22 December.

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Assimi Goita presents his army with a mixed bag of armoured vehicles from China and Russia

The military junta has just given the Malian army new armoured vehicles of Russian and Chinese origin. But by having many different suppliers, the army is actually running the risk of becoming less effective in its operations against armed groups.

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Malian transitional president Assimi Goita

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Germany gives Malian army new OTT Technologies armoured vehicles

Germany is stepping up its contribution to the fight against violent extremism in the Sahel by equipping the Malian army with some 30 Puma M36 armoured vehicles acquired from South Africa's OTT Technologies. This €15m endowment is part of a plan to strengthen the armed forces put in place by the National Transitional Council.

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A Puma M36 armored vehicle from OTT Technologies.

Mali, Niger
Berlin steps up its military's presence in Sahel

Germany is determined to play an even bigger role in the fight against Jihadists in Mali and Niger through the construction of a military hospital and increasing the numbers of German troops on-site.

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DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Mali
German army to deploy CH-53 helicopters to Gao next summer

Mali
UN launches strategic review of Mali peacekeeping mission in volatile context

Mali, Ukraine
MINUSMA put out as Kyiv recalls its helicopters

Mali
Moura massacre: the explosive UN report

Mali
Faced with Wagner, the EU sets out conditions for staying in Mali

Sahel
French army's Thales mini-drones rack up technical setbacks

Sahel
France figures out how to get its soldiers safely out of Mali

Africa, Germany
Berlin's new Africa minister Katja Keul sizes up the Sahel

Spotlight | Mali
Wagner and junta close to deal to deploy 500 paramilitaries across Mali

Mali
Assimi Goita presents his army with a mixed bag of armoured vehicles from China and Russia

Mali
Germany gives Malian army new OTT Technologies armoured vehicles

Mali, Niger
Berlin steps up its military's presence in Sahel