Top UN Official in Mali to Leave Post Amid Security Challenges

The United Nations' top official in Mali will leave his post after just a year amid difficulties implementing a peace deal and improving security in the north, sources close to the mission told Reuters. The 10,000-strong MINUSMA force has suffered the highest rate of losses of any active peacekeeping mission and is the frequent target of attacks by desert jihadists still active two years after French troops drove them out of key northern towns. In November, militants also attacked...

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