{"id":33575,"date":"2013-02-07T15:31:52","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T13:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=33575"},"modified":"2013-02-07T15:48:38","modified_gmt":"2013-02-07T13:48:38","slug":"mali-conflictfrance-seeks-un-peacekeeping-role-as-islamist-militants-begin-come-back-africa-news-33575","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/mali-conflictfrance-seeks-un-peacekeeping-role-as-islamist-militants-begin-come-back-africa-news-33575\/","title":{"rendered":"Mali Conflict:France seeks UN peacekeeping role as Islamist militants begin come-back \/ Africa News"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/french-troops-have-been-welcomed-mali-photodpa_0-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-33587\" title=\"french-troops-have-been-welcomed-mali-photodpa_0-\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/french-troops-have-been-welcomed-mali-photodpa_0-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/french-troops-have-been-welcomed-mali-photodpa_0-.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/french-troops-have-been-welcomed-mali-photodpa_0--180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/french-troops-have-been-welcomed-mali-photodpa_0--280x186.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/french-troops-have-been-welcomed-mali-photodpa_0--540x360.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a>The French Government has told the United Nation Security Council that the African Union-led mission in Mali should become a United Nations peacekeeping Mission as soon as possible.<\/h1>\n<p>French forces were deployed nearly a month ago to combat al-Qaeda-linked militants who had taken over Mali&#8217;s desert northern regions pronouncing it an Islamic State.<\/p>\n<p>But France says it wants to begin pulling out its 4,000 troops in March for its own internal security measures.<\/p>\n<p>The French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told the United Nations Security Council that the Security Council needs to step up measures to resolve the conflict once and for all.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;From the moment that security is assured, we can envisage without changing the structures that it can be placed under the framework of UN peacekeeping operations,&#8221; Mr. Fabius said.<\/p>\n<p>France wants the UN force to help stabilize Mali and seek an end to long-standing rivalry between ethnic Tuaregs and Arabs and the rest of the population.<\/p>\n<p>Latest report from the town of Gao in the north indicates that the Islamist Fighters have come back to the town and are in battle with Malian Forces.<\/p>\n<p>The French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told France Radio 1 that it is becoming much more difficult for the French troops as the Islamist Fighters have adopted a tactical strategy to stretch the conflict beyond imagination.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When you leave the centre of captured cities, you meet jihadis left behind, which is making the combat operation much more difficult&#8221; Mr. Le Drian said.<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitnesses said French and African troops had left their military base in Gao but came back to engage some Islamist militants, in a heavy bombardment outside the town.<\/p>\n<p>According to some political analysts, it seems France cannot handle the combat operation alone and might be the reason why it is calling on the United Nations for help.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Issaka Adams \/ NationalTurk Africa News<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- Error, Advert is not available at this time due to schedule\/geolocation restrictions! 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