Press Releases

The Secretary-General condemns in the strongest terms today’s attack in Mali that killed two Malian children and a Chadian UN peacekeeper and injured 11 peacekeepers and three civilians. The deadly mortar and rocket fire on a…

Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of MINUSMA Meets President of Niger Bamako, 9 March 2015 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of MINUSMA, Mr. Mongi Hamdi, visited Niamey…

At around 1 p.m. today, an Apache attack helicopter of MINUSMA had to make a hard landing about 42 kilometres north of Gao (in northern Mali). The two crew members lost their lives in this accident, which took place during an…

At around 5:40 this morning, the MINUSMA compound in Kidal was targeted by a complex attack involving more than 30 rockets and shells. Once they had established from where the rockets were being fired, MINUSMA troops…

The Malian government and Malian armed groups have today continued informal discussions on the preparation for a future process of Cantonment. This follows a seminar on Cantonments that was facilitated at the beginning of…

The SRSG accompanied the President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania and current chairman of the African Union, H.E.M Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, during his visit to Kidal. Transportation was provided by MINUSMA. During the…

SRSG Albert Koenders reports that, during the visit he undertook today to Kidal together with the Chairman of the African Union, the President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, progress is being made in the negotiations…

The United Nations appointed a high-level team to conduct an Inquiry into the events of 27 January in Gao, Mali, where a violent demonstration against a MINUSMA camp resulted in the death and injury of protestors. The United…

François Delattre, UNSC President (France) We heard a briefing by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Mali, Mr Mongi Hamdi, who gave us an update on the Algiers peace talks and the Agreement on Peace and…

The 15 members of the United Nations Security Council will begin a two-day visit to Mali on Sunday. The delegation will meet with the Malian authorities, notably President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Prime Minister Oumar Tatam Ly…