Defence Minister Boris Pistorius is considering withdrawing Germany's troops from the U.N. stabilisation mission in Mali earlier than planned, since under current conditions they cannot fulfill their mandate, he told the Sueddeutsche Zeitung in comments published on Monday.
The government announced in November that troops would be withdrawn in May 2024, but said they might be withdrawn earlier if it was impossible to fly the drones that make it possible for soldiers to venture outside army bases.
