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Germany to deploy helicopters, more soldiers to UN mission in Mali
The helicopters will replace those of the Dutch army, and the additional troops will service and maintain the fleet.
Burundi’s UN ambassador said on Friday his country would only accept up to 50 unarmed UN police.
Ban Ki-moon’s report to the Security Council calls for increasing the maximum number of UN soldiers in Mali.
The nationalities of the soldiers were not released & so far no group had taken responsibility for the attack.
UN peacekeeping presence across the globe
Ban Ki-Moon made the comments in telephone calls with President Salva Kiir & rebel leader Riek Machar.
Ban Ki-moon has outlined 3 possible options for police deployment to the small landlocked African state.
The majority of those allegations, 69 in all, involved personnel in 10 peacekeeping missions.
The UN's global peacekeeping missions
Authorities suspect al-Shabaab militants of carrying out the bombing.
The herders, from the Fulani ethnic group, were captured about a year ago near the town of Yaloke.
Mauritanian diplomat Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed will be the new special envoy to Yemen.
The move came days after Sudan said it had asked the peacekeeping force to prepare an exit plan.
Stateless people are denied the rights and benefits most people take for granted.
Ahead of a January deadline set by regional leaders, not one Hutu rebel had laid down his weapon.
Troops from Morocco, Bangladesh and Pakistan will join 8,000 peacekeepers.
The UN has warned that millions of people could be on the brink of starvation because violence.
At least 15 people have been killed since Sunday.
The US expects to impose sanctions on individuals on both sides of the South Sudan conflict.