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Germany extends military mission to Mali for one final year

Mali Germany MINUSMA United Nations Berlin Bamako
FILE PHOTO: Members of the MINUSMA Guinean contingent pull their stranded escort vehicle during a logistic convoy from Gao to Kidal, Mali February 17, 2017. Each month MINUSMA organizes logistic convoys involving hundreds of civilians and military vehicles to supply remote UN bases in northern Mali. Picture taken February 17, 2017. MINUSMA/Sylvain Liechti handout via REUTERS

Germany extended its military mission in Mali for one final year on Friday as Berlin aims to wind up by May 2024 a decade-old mission that has been hampered by disputes with the ruling military junta in Bamako and the arrival of Russian forces.

Lawmakers voted 375 to 263 to leave the German troops in the country for another year. There was one abstention.

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