UN Mission Leaves 9 of 12 Mali Bases in Forced Withdrawal

FILE - This photo taken by MINUSMA on Oct. 25, 2023, shows a Chadian soldier with the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) standing in front of a convoy outside the city of Gao,

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali on Saturday said it had left a ninth of its 12 bases as part of its forced withdrawal from the junta-led country battling separatist and jihadi rebellions.