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Msemaji wa ujumbe wa Umoja wa Mataifa nchini Mali, Olivier Salgado imesema kuwa Misri itaondoa wanajeshi wake katika nchi hiyo ifikapo Agosti 15, kufuatia mashambulizi mabaya dhidi ya walinda amani wake ambapo hadi sasa Wanajeshi 7 wa Misri wameuawa nchini Mali ndani ya mwaka huu.
Misri ina wanajeshi 1,072 na polisi 144 katika ujumbe wa Umoja wa Mataifa nchini Mali unaojulikana kama MINUSMA na kujitoa kwao ni pigo jingine kwa ujumbe wa Umoja wa Mataifa baada ya watawala wa Mali kusitisha kwa muda doria za Wanajeshi wa UN nchini humo mapema Julai 14.
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United Nations in Mali said that Egypt will withdraw its troops from the West African country by mid-August citing deadly attacks against its peacekeepers. Seven Egyptian peacekeepers have been killed in Mali so far this year, according to officials.
Olivier Salgado, the spokesman of the UN mission in Mali, confirmed on Friday that Egypt will suspend its activities in Mali.
“We confirm that Egypt, through its Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York, expressed its concern at the beginning of the week at the increase in attacks against its peacekeepers who escort the convoys supplying our bases in the centre and northern Mali,” Salgado said in a statement.
“These attacks have caused the death of seven Egyptian soldiers since the beginning of the year,” he said.
“We have been informed that as a result, the Egyptian contingent will temporarily suspend its activities within MINUSMA as of August 15.”
Egypt has 1,072 troops and 144 police in the UN mission in Mali known as MINUSMA.
The decision is another blow to the UN mission after Mali’s military rulers temporarily suspended troop rotations by contributing nations to the peacekeeping mission on Thursday
Source: Al Jazeera
Misri ina wanajeshi 1,072 na polisi 144 katika ujumbe wa Umoja wa Mataifa nchini Mali unaojulikana kama MINUSMA na kujitoa kwao ni pigo jingine kwa ujumbe wa Umoja wa Mataifa baada ya watawala wa Mali kusitisha kwa muda doria za Wanajeshi wa UN nchini humo mapema Julai 14.
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United Nations in Mali said that Egypt will withdraw its troops from the West African country by mid-August citing deadly attacks against its peacekeepers. Seven Egyptian peacekeepers have been killed in Mali so far this year, according to officials.
Olivier Salgado, the spokesman of the UN mission in Mali, confirmed on Friday that Egypt will suspend its activities in Mali.
“We confirm that Egypt, through its Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York, expressed its concern at the beginning of the week at the increase in attacks against its peacekeepers who escort the convoys supplying our bases in the centre and northern Mali,” Salgado said in a statement.
“These attacks have caused the death of seven Egyptian soldiers since the beginning of the year,” he said.
“We have been informed that as a result, the Egyptian contingent will temporarily suspend its activities within MINUSMA as of August 15.”
Egypt has 1,072 troops and 144 police in the UN mission in Mali known as MINUSMA.
The decision is another blow to the UN mission after Mali’s military rulers temporarily suspended troop rotations by contributing nations to the peacekeeping mission on Thursday
Source: Al Jazeera
