It is a slow but inevitable decay. One by one, the troops are leaving the United Nations Integrated Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). The process has suddenly accelerated in recent days. On November 15, London announced that the United Kingdom would not complete its three-year commitment. “Two coups in three years“have”undermined international peace efforts– assessed James Hippey, the delegate of the Minister of Armed Forces. The next day, Ivory Coast announced its decision to withdraw its blue helmets from Mali as well.
These departures are a blow to the mission, especially since they are not the first. They follow cases in Benin, El Salvador, Egypt and Sweden that began in July. The reasons for this cascade of repatriations are officially different. Cotonou thus highlights the security problems on its northern border, while Cairo highlights the heavy casualties it has suffered. Abidjan, in turn, was not extended, even if the arrest…
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Source: Le Figaro
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