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The head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simão, said that over the past six months, the situation in the region has been marked by contrasting developments. On one hand, he said, significant progress has been made in consolidating democracy in some parts of the region, while on the other hand, the security situation and governance challenges remain a major concern. UNIFEED

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA) will complete its withdrawal by 31 December as requested by the UN Security Council. As the Mission ends its decade-long presence in the country, the outgoing Special Representative of the Secretary-General, El-Ghassim Wane, reflects on MINUSMA’s achievements and the way forward in the UN-Mali relationship. UNIFEED / FILE

As the 10-year-old mission in Mali, MINUSMA, is currently winding down ahead of its end of December deadline to leave, the head of UN Peacekeeping, Jean-Pierre Lacroix said, a UN mission “cannot operate if we don't have the support of the host government.” UNIFEED / FILE

A ceremony was held in Bamako, Mali to mark the conclusion of MINUSMA, the UN peacekeeping mission in the country following its ten years of service to the people of Mali, a UN Spokesperson said. UNIFEED / FILE

Updating reporters on Peace Operations, a UN spokesperson said that in Lebanon a peacekeeper was injured on 12 November, adding that in Mali, the troops from Chad who withdrew from mission’s base in Kidal have now departed the country using routes by road and by air. UNIFEED

A UN spokesperson said that the convoy from the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) that left Kidal on 31 October reached Gao last night without further incident. UNIFEED

A convoy from the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) came under attack, while it was en route from Kidal city to Gao, a UN Spokesperson said. UNIFEED

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is “deeply concerned” by escalating tensions and clashes in parts of northern and eastern Mali, including Timbuktu, Gao and Menaka, a UN spokesperson said. UNIFEED

Protracted conflict across Mali, along with internal displacement and limited humanitarian access are among the unprecedented risks threatening the country’s most vulnerable youngsters, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said. UNTV CH

Addressing the General Assembly annual high level Debate, the Malian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Abdoulaye Diop, stated, “In the current geopolitical context, Mali does not want to be a theater of confrontation or competition for foreign geopolitical interests.” UNIFEED