The Sahel and the UN: a smaller footprint, a different role
- For a decade, the United Nations’s most visible role in the Sahel was its peacekeeping mission in Mali.
- The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) was established by the Security Council in 2013.
- Its mandate was terminated in June 2023 at the request of Mali’s transitional government, and the mission completed its withdrawal by the end of that year.
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- For a decade, the United Nations’s most visible role in the Sahel was its peacekeeping mission in Mali.
- The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) was established by the Security Council in 2013.
- Its mandate was terminated in June 2023 at the request of Mali’s transitional government, and the mission completed its withdrawal by the end of that year.
Sources: Al Jazeera