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Ivory Coast to withdraw from UN peacekeeping force in Mali

Policemen of the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), patrol in front on the Great Mosque in Timbuktu, on December 8, 2021 [Florent Vergnes/AFP]

Ivory Coast will be gradually withdrawing its military contingent from the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA) after the continued detention of 46 Ivorian soldiers who have been accused of being mercenaries.

The announcement was made in a letter, which was sent to the UN secretary-general last week and circulated on Tuesday.

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