France seeks UN peacekeepers as Mali rebels hit back
- Published: 6 Feb 2013 at 19.44
- Online news: World
France urged the United Nations Wednesday to send peacekeepers to Mali, where French forces have killed hundreds of Islamist rebels but are still coming under attack in territory reclaimed from the extremists.
A Malian man passes by a building of the rebels of the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) which has been destroyed by French air strikes on February 2, 2013 in Gao.
After announcing plans to start withdrawing its 4,000 troops from Mali in March, France called for deploying a UN peacekeeping force to take the baton, the French ambassador to the world body said after closed Security Council talks on the crisis.
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