United Nations peacekeepers withdrew from Kidal, Mali, on Tuesday. The earlier-than-expected departure has been blamed on growing instability.
United Nations peacekeepers on Tuesday withdrew from a rebel stronghold in northern Mali weeks earlier than planned because of growing insecurity, leaving the town in the hands of ethnic Tuareg separatists. Underscoring the uptick in violence, at least two peacekeepers were wounded en route to the largest U.N. base in Gao. 'The peacekeepers’ convoy that left Kidal this morning was the victim of two improvised explosive device attacks,' Myriam Dessables, head of communications for the U.
has now left eight of its 13 bases after Mali’s junta earlier this year ordered the 15,000-strong mission to leave the West African country, claiming it had failed in its mission in trying to contain an Islamic extremist insurgency.
told AP that the peacekeepers left Kidal in convoys after Mali's military junta refused to authorize flights to repatriate U.N. equipment and civilian personnel. The employee, who spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to speak to journalists, said the former Mali's junta, which overthrew the democratically elected president in 2021, has sought to distance the country from international partners. Former colonizer France, another partner in the fight against extremists, pulled out its military forces in 2022. The U.N. peacekeeping operation became one of the most dangerous in the world, with more than 300
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