Nearly 40 UN peacekeepers were injured by explosive devices over the past week as their convoy left its base in Mali. The international troops known as "blue helmets" were ordered to leave the country by the military junta currently in power. Only about half of the 13,000 UN personnel have left the country. The rest are expected to leave by the end of the year, but the junta
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The UN mission pushed out of Mali has been forced by the actions of the ruling junta to rush its departure and sabotage the equipment left behind, before risking the lives of its peacekeepers on the road for lack of flight permits.
UN peacekeepers, ordered to leave Mali by the country's leaders, have been forced to rush their withdrawal, destroy equipment left behind and risk their lives on the road out.