Mali: Protesters demand exit of UN peacekeeping force - SUCH TV
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Several thousand demonstrators gathered in the Mali’s capital Bamako, demanding an end to a United Nations peacekeeping mission that they say has failed to bring peace. According to international media reports, demonstrators held signs calling for the UN mission known as MUNISMA (United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali) to leave the country. The M5-RFP, the party of the transitional Prime Minister Choguel Maiga and civil society organisations supporting the transitional military government, organised the rally held at the Palais des Sports arena. “It’s an evil force that needs to leave our land. It’s been of no use; it has failed to deliver. Give us a few weeks and we will drive them out of the country,” demonstrator Abdoulaye Diarra told reporters. Thousands of people have been killed in attacks by armed groups linked to ISIL (ISIS) and al-Qaeda since 2013. MINUSMA was established that year to support foreign and local troops battli