Last UN Mission in Mali to Pack Out as 11-Year-Old Deployment Ends
- UN to transfer main camp in Bamako to Malian authorities
- Multinational mission has helped to fight against militants
UN peacekeeping forces patrol in Gao, Mali.
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The remaining United Nations mission in Mali will start leaving on Friday to bring an end to the 11-year-old peacekeeping mission that helped the country fight militants seeking to control parts of the country.
The UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, also known as Minusma by its French acronym, will hand over its main camp in the capital, Bamako, to the country’s junta authorities tomorrow, a spokesperson for the organization said by phone.