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MINUSMA to modernise Ménaka military base in three-borders region

The Ménaka military base, which is situated where the borders of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger intersect, is to be modernised at the initiative of UN peacekeeping force MINUSMA. [...]

Published on 25.03.2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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