(FILES) A Togolese soldier with the MINUSMA (United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali) patrols at the market in Sofara, in central Mali's Dogon region, on July 2, 2019. The UN mission in Mali officially ended ten years of years of deployment in the country on December 11, 2023, its spokesperson said.
The mission, known as MINUSMA, lowered the United Nations flag on its headquarters in the capital Bamako, its spokesperson Fatoumata Kaba told AFP. (Photo by Marco LONGARI / AFP)