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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) and President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita at the High-level meeting on the Malian Political Process. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

On first anniversary of Mali peace accord, Ban welcomes President's commitment to peace

Saleh Annadif, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Mali and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), briefs the Security Council. UN Photo/Manuel Elias

Malian parties must make peace and reconciliation ‘a reality,’ UN envoy tells Security Council

Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel, Toby Lanzer, plays with a child at a Gao malnutrition treatment center in Mali. Photo: OCHA/A. Desgroseilliers

With Mali at turning point, commitment to lasting peace and development a ‘must’ – senior UN relief official

Peacekeepers with the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) are greeted by children. Photo: MINUSMA/Marco Dormino

Challenges in Mali need to be ‘urgently defeated’ – UN peacekeeping chief

A young woman learns sewing at Soufouroulaye youth camp. The training is part of a regional programme to strengthen human security and resilience in the Sahel.

Training youth helps ensure stability in Mali

New arrivals from Mali sit inside one of the tents at Mbera Camp, some 50 kilometres inside Mauritania

Amid surging violence in surrounding Northern Mali, Timbuktu heritage sites rebuilt

MINUSMA holds a memorial ceremony for nine Nigerien peacekeepers of the Mission who were killed in a targeted ambush against a MINUSMA convoy. UN Photo/Marco Dormino

Peacekeepers more targeted now that UN is main presence in Mali

Music can change the world

UN Mission in Mali needs troops, resources

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Northern Mali’s ‘city of saints’ suffers rebel fury

Destruction of Timbuktu mausoleums is “repugnant,” says UN

Is democracy under threat in West Africa?

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Coups in Mali and Guinea-Bissau, democratic defence in Senegal

Malian women create beauty — and profit

Hand-dyed fabrics win praises, capture markets