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El-Ghassim Wane: concerning the Ivorians arrested in Bamako, "We need a settlement as soon as possible"
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Minusma blue helmets on the road between Mopti and Djenné, in central Mali, April 28, 2019. (Photo illustration) © MICHELE CATTANI / AFP
By: David Bache
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Mauritanian El-Ghassim Wane heads Minusma, the United Nations mission in Mali.
His word is rare in the media, he granted this interview to RFI in a context of tensions with the Malian authorities.
The arrest in Bamako of 49 Ivorian soldiers, presented by the Malian transitional authorities as mercenaries when they came within a UN framework, but with an administrative situation that remains unclear, has sparked very strong tensions between Bamako and Abidjan - mediation attempts are also underway – but also between Bamako and Minusma, which has been forced to review the rules for authorizing its air rotations.
They finally resumed on Monday after being suspended for more than a month by Bamako.
The case of these 49 Ivorian soldiers, the resumption of UN flights,
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