MINUSMA

Mali
MINUSMA head visits Berlin and Paris to discuss strategic review

The head of the UN mission in Mali (MINUSMA), El Ghassim Wane, is to begin a tour of Europe on 1 November.

West Africa
MINUSMA struggling as sanctions on Russia ground its aircraft

Since September, the UN mission in Mali, MINUSMA, has been directly affected by the International Civil Aviation Organisation's (ICAO) decision to block the UN use of Russian aircraft

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

The United Nations is due to begin a strategic review of its MINUSMA peacekeeping mission in Mali in the first half of October.

Senegal
General Cheikh Wade splashes out on new military vehicles for the army

Senegal's Chief of Army Staff, General Cheikh Wade, proudly welcomed a delivery of new military equipment for the army in late June.

Mali
Coulibaly and Matrans win major contract to work with MINUSMA again

Malian businessman Boubacar Coulibaly, head of the Matrans Logistics group, has just landed a major contract for $5m with the United Nations to provide freight and logistics services for the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, MINUSMA.

Somalia
New AU mission head to be named soon

After much humming and hawing, in the next few days, President of the African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, is expected to make official the nomination to the head of the AU mission to Somalia, ATMIS (ex AMISOM).

Mali
Spain's Swiftair starts flying for MINUSMA

The Spanish company Swiftair began flying missions at the end of May for the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, MINUSMA, whose mandate has just been extended for a year by the Security Council.

Palace Intrigues
Macky Sall, Assimi Goïta, George Weah, Evariste Ngamana and Marine Le Pen

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Senegal/MaliMacky Sall telephones Assimi Goïta

LiberiaGeorge Weah to be guest of honour at Prince Johnson's birthday celebrations

CAR/FranceParis refuses medical transfer of deputy speaker Evariste Ngamana

France/AlgeriaMarine Le Pen hones her stance on relations with Algiers

Mali, United States
MINUSMA in firing line of US Congress

Following a series of allegations of human rights abuses committed by the Forces armées maliennes (FAMa) within the context of their collaboration with the Russian paramilitary outfit Wagner, members of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations have since March been pondering their stance towards the United Nations mission in Mali, MINUSMA.

Mali
MINUSMA's thousand new Chadian peacekeepers to be deployed in the North

While Chad has yet to send an additional 1,000 Blue Helmets to the United Nations mission in Mali, MINUSMA, the latter has just announced the main deployment locations for the country's soldiers.

Mali
MINUSMA on the lookout for more attack helicopters

Weakened by serious shortfalls in its air capabilities, the staff of the UN mission in Mali is looking for countries that could provide it with helicopters, with Italy and the Netherlands in its sights.

Benin, Mali
Cotonou to repatriate its MINUSMA peacekeepers to defend its borders

With its northern borders having come under increasingly frequent attack in recent months, Benin has decided to redeploy troops that are currently serving in the UN mission in Mali.

West Africa
Barkhane withdrawal puts MINUSMA medical services on the spot

The withdrawal of French Barkhane troops from Mali and the dismantling of its military hospital in Gao means that MINUSMA will have to reorganise medical logistics for its peacekeepers.