Independent experts mandated by the United Nations called on Tuesday for an independent investigation into possible war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by government forces and the Russian private paramilitary group Wagner in Mali.

/And precisely El Ghassim Wane the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Mali and Head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Mali was in New York to attend a meeting of the Security Council.

There was talk of the effectiveness of the Minusma.

A UN report considers it "not viable enough" if the number of blue helmets on the ground is not increased.

For El Ghassim Wane, "the objectives of the Minusma have not been achieved and the context has changed".

You will hear it at the microphone of Fanny Chauvin,

Liberian President George Weah announced on Monday that he would seek a second consecutive term as leader of the English-speaking West African country in an election scheduled for October.

Mr. Weah, 56, promised a second "mandate full of opportunities, a mandate for transformation, a mandate for development", but also for "consolidation" of achievements.

Editor: Célia Caracena

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