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India will send a utility helicopter unit to the UN peacekeeping operations in Mali as several countries have withdrawn or announced plans to withdraw from the country, says a UN spokesperson

"The situation in Mali continues to constitute a threat to international peace and security in the region," the Council said on Tuesday in the resolution

The UN mission in Mali is investigating reports of civilians killed during clashes last week between government troops and militants, a UN spokesman said.

The fresh measures from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) represent a significant hardening of its stance towards Mali

At least 31 people have been killed and eight more injured as a result of terrorists' attack on a bus in Mali, a source told Sputnik.

Blinken said he was speaking particularly of the Wagner Group, which has deployed mercenaries in Syria, the Central African Republic and Libya, drawing protests from the West and others.

The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday strongly condemned the arrest and called for their immediate and unconditional release and the restoration of the civilian-led transition

Military junta in Mali has arrested President Bah Ndaw, Prime Minister Moctar Ouane and Defence minister Souleymane Doucoure of the country's interim government following a cabinet reshuffle on Monday

Three United Nations peacekeepers from Ivory Coast died and six more were wounded when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device and they came under attack by unidentified gunmen in Mali

Two players from Austrian champion Salzburg have failed doping tests after returning from international duty with Mali last month

A statement from the French defense minister said Moussa was in charge of training new jihadist recruits

Defense Minister Florence Parly tweeted Monday night that the French force in the region also confiscated weapons and equipment from the fighters in the operation last Friday

The coup capped weeks of protests demanding that he step down

Antonio Guterres demanded "the immediate and unconditional release" of Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse after they were "arrested" by the mutiny leaders

Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita announced early that he is resigning from his post saying that he does not wish blood to be shed following a mutiny in the Bamako, Al Jazeera reported.

Mutinous soldiers surrounded the private residence of Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Tuesday, firing shots into the air

The government had come under mounting pressure over its handling of violence in the restive Mopti region

According to the Swedish command, soldiers on patrol with the UN peacekeeping force were targeted last night by the bomber

Jihadist groups early last year began to carry out attacks in central Mali as well as the long-troubled north

Many buildings in Mali are poorly constructed using mud bricks, making them vulnerable to the heavy rains