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Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Head of MINUSMA Mongi Hamdi received today German Defense Minister Dr. Ursula von der Leyen and her accompanying delegation, which included three members of the Defense Committee of the German Parliament. MINUSMA Force Commander General Michael…

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of MINUSMA, Mr. Mongi Hamdi, travelled to Brussels to meet with officials of the European Union. During his stay, he was received by officials of the European External Action Service and the Directorate-General for International…

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of MINUSMA travelled to Brussels to meet European Union officials and discuss the support of the institutions and countries of Europe in reestablishing lasting peace in Mali. During his visit, Mr. Mongi Hamdi was received, separately, by…

At around 9:00 this morning, a patrol of the MINUSMA Force was attacked by unidentified armed men on the road between Goundam and Tombouctou, 45 kilometers southwest of Timbuktu. Preliminary reports indicate that six peacekeepers were killed and at least five others were injured. The evacuation of…

The Secretary-General condemns the attack today against a convoy of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), on the Goundam-Timbuktu axis in the Timbuktu region, which killed six peacekeepers and injured five others. All the killed and injured…

MINUSMA condemns in the strongest terms the two terrorist attacks that took place respectively on the 27th and 28th of June. The first attack targeted the military camp of Nara in the region of Koulikoro, 30 km from the Mauritanian border and the second was launched against the administration and…

MINUSMA congratulates the movements of the Plateforme on their decision, announced yesterday evening, to withdraw from the town of Ménaka, in the Gao region, in accordance with the “Arrangement Sécuritaire pour une Cessation des Hostilités” (“Security Arrangement for a Cessation of Hostilities”)…

Bamako, 20 June 2015 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of MINUSMA, Mr. Mongi Hamdi, welcomes the signing of the Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in Mali by the Coordination in Bamako today. The SRSG congratulates the Government of Mali and all…

The Secretary-General welcomes the signature of the Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in Mali by the Coordination coalition of armed groups in Bamako today. He notes that the Government of Mali and the Platform coalition of armed groups already signed this Agreement on 15 May. He congratulates…

A MINUSMA convoy struck a mine on the road between Teherdge and Timbuktu at around 1 p.m. today. Three peacekeepers were injured in the explosion. MINUSMA is evacuating them to receive appropriate medical care. MINUSMA strongly condemns this terrorist act, which aims to paralyze the Mission’s…