Two UN peacekeepers were injured in an explosion in Mali. On Tuesday, December 14, the official representative of the Secretary General of the organization, Stephane Dujarrick, said this at a briefing.
“The UN Mission in Mali reported that a peacekeeping patrol was blown up today by an improvised device explosion. According to preliminary data, two peacekeepers were injured, they were sent to a UN hospital, ”Dujarrick said.
Earlier, on December 4, it was reported that at least 31 people were the victims of an attack by militants on a passenger bus in Mali. Eight more people were injured. The attack took place in the east of the country near the city of Bandiagara (Mopti region).
The military coup in Mali took place amid civil unrest on August 18, 2020. Then the rebels captured the country’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keith, Prime Minister Buba Cisse, Chairman of the National Assembly of Mali Musa Timbine and Minister of Economy and Finance of the country Abdoulaye Daffa. A number of high-ranking officials were also captured. The opposition demanded Keita’s resignation, the military called for a political transformation in the country leading to general elections.
A group of the military appointed Ba Ndao as interim president of Mali, but in May 2021 he was removed by the military and by a decision of the constitutional court, Vice President Assimi Goita became Mali’s transitional president and head of state.
Source: IZ
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