Germany intends to withdraw its troops from Mali by May 2024, ending their commitment to the UN mission in this country (Minusma), the government announced on Tuesday.
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The German government has decided today to propose to the Bundestag to extend for the last time by one year, in May 2023, the mandate of the Bundeswehr intervention in Mali, so that this intervention ends in a structured way, after ten years
,” spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said in a statement.
This final extension “
takes particular account of the elections in Mali, scheduled for February 2024
”.
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