Peace mission faces campaign in Mali
By Agencies in United Nations, Cairo and Paris | China Daily | Updated: 2013-02-07 07:28
A child shows a heavy machine gun bullet on Tuesday that he found in the ruins of a building destroyed by French airstrikes in Douentza. The town was retaken by French and Malian troops in January. Pascal Guyot / Agence France-Presse |
A United Nations peacekeeping mission that the major powers want for Mali will need several years to sort out the West African country's problems, diplomats and experts have warned.
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