UN Security Council approves Mali intervention force
- Published: 21 Dec 2012 at 10.46
- Online news: World
The UN Security Council unanimously approved sending an African-led military force to help reconquer northern Mali from Islamist militants.
Malians gather in Bamako on December 8, 2012, to take part in a demonstration to support the Malian army and demand a UN Security Council resolution approving an international force in the country's north. The UN Security Council on Thursday unanimously approved sending an African-led military force to help reconquer northern Mali from Islamist militants.
A Security Council resolution gave the force an initial one-year mandate to use "all necessary measures" to help Mali's government take back territory from "terrorist, extremist and armed groups."
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