Africa - Voice of America: UN Considers Mandate for Troops to Mali

Africa - Voice of America africa

UN Considers Mandate for Troops to Mali Aug 8th 2012, 19:38 NEW YORK — The U.N. Security Council is discussing a proposal to deploy West African troops to Mali, where Islamist militants have seized control of the north, but is waiting for an official request from Mali's interim government before moving forward.  After hearing reports on Mali from U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and from the Economic Community of West African States, known as ECOWAS, the Council met privately to review a mandate for sending a West African stabilization ... Media files: 2D39ECFE-5D92-4C01-8E32-8277A1736303_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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