Dozens of UN peacekeepers injured during Mali withdrawal
07 November 2023 |
1:26 pm
The military junta in Mali ordered the United Nations peacekeeping mission MINUSMA to leave the country earlier this year. The peacekeepers' convoys have been hit by multiple improvised explosive devices.
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