More than 80 members of the UN mission, known as MINUSMA, have been killed since 2013 in attacks by militant groups active in the country’s north and centre
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The resignation is seen as another blow to the government of Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, who has seen his cabinet’s approval ratings plunge following a series of scandals.
Four years after intervening in its former colony to ward off a jihadist offensive, there is no sign of France withdrawing its 4,000-strong regional Barkhane contingent as they, alongside 10,000 UN peacekeepers, struggle to stabilise Mali and implement peace accords.