{"id":250734,"date":"2023-02-22T08:33:51","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T06:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/mali-three-united-nations-un-peacekeepers-killed-in-explosive-attack?lang=en"},"modified":"2023-02-22T08:33:51","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T06:33:51","slug":"mali-three-united-nations-un-peacekeepers-killed-in-explosive-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/mali-three-united-nations-un-peacekeepers-killed-in-explosive-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Mali: Three United Nations (UN) peacekeepers killed in explosive attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/ffe41a2e362442b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/ffe41a2e362442b\" alt=\"UN News\" style=\"max-width:500px\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/download\/ffe41a2e362442b\">Download logo<\/a><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/africarc\/loganalytics?press_id=241204&amp;press_source=UN News\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;incident&nbsp;took place that morning near the village of Songobia, in central Mali, as their supply convoy was heading to its base in S&eacute;var&eacute;.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>El-Ghassim Wane, the head of MINUSMA, condemned the attack and offered his deepest condolences to the families and colleagues of the deceased peacekeepers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is another tragic illustration of the complexity of our operational environment and the sacrifices made by the international community for peace in Mali,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>MINUSMA is one of the most dangerous peace operations for &ldquo;blue helmets&rdquo;. Since its establishment in 2013, 168 peacekeepers have lost their lives in hostile acts.<\/p>\n<p>While renewing MINUSMA&#039;s commitment to work for peace in Mali, Mr. Wane recalled that attacks on peacekeepers can constitute war crimes under International Law.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He stressed &#8220;the need to do everything possible to identify and bring to justice the perpetrators of hostile acts against MINUSMA&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Security Council condemnation<\/strong><br \/>\nThe UN&nbsp;Security Council&nbsp;condemned the attack in the strongest terms.<\/p>\n<p>The Council issued a statement calling on the transitional authorities in Mali to swiftly investigate the attack with the support of MINUSMA, and promote accountability by bringing the perpetrators to justice.<\/p>\n<p>Members reaffirmed that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to international peace and security. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They also underlined the need to bring perpetrators, organizers, financiers and sponsors of terrorism to justice.<\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of UN News.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/\">Source: Africa Newsroom &#8211; APO<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download logo The&nbsp;incident&nbsp;took place that morning near the village of Songobia, in central Mali, as their supply convoy was heading to its base in S&eacute;var&eacute;. El-Ghassim Wane, the head of MINUSMA, condemned the attack and offered his deepest condolences to the families and colleagues of the deceased peacekeepers. &#8220;This is another tragic illustration of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":250735,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4584],"tags":[4585],"class_list":{"0":"post-250734","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-africa-news-2","8":"tag-apo","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/mali-three-united-nations-un-peacekeepers-killed-in-explosive-attack.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}