It is a slow but inexorable disintegration.
One by one, contingents leave the United Nations Integrated Mission in Mali (Minusma).
The process has suddenly accelerated in recent days.
On November 15, London announced that the United Kingdom would not complete its three-year commitment.
"
Two coups in three years
" have "
undermined international efforts to achieve peace
", said James Heappey, Minister Delegate for the Armed Forces.
The next day, Côte d'Ivoire made public its decision to also withdraw its blue helmets from Mali.
These departures are a blow to the mission, especially since they are not the first.
They follow those of Benin, El Salvador, Egypt and Sweden, which began in July.
The reasons for this cascade of repatriations are, officially, different.
Cotonou thus highlights security problems on its northern border while Cairo highlights the heavy losses recorded.
Abidjan for its part did not extend even if the arrest…
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