Canadian Troops Mali

• Canadian peacekeepers in Mali challenged by geography, shifting violence

  Distance and geography have been cited as the primary reasons Canadian medical helicopters remained on the ground in northern Mali during two bloody attacks on UN peacekeepers last fall.

  Canada

  Jan 15, 2019
  
• Canadian Forces in Mali unharmed by bomb, extremists claim responsibility

  A car-bomb explosion in northern Mali killed three civilians on Monday, and one group reportedly claimed that Canadian soldiers and other foreign forces were targeted.

  World

  Nov 13, 2018
  
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• Canada’s on a new kind of mission in Mali — mixing peacekeeping with counterterrorism

  Mali’s north has erupted into a full-blown insurgency, with as many as 20 different jihadist and rebel groups — some with ties to al-Qaida and the Islamic State — now battling for control.

  Canada

  Sep 13, 2018
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• Jeff Semple: Canadian peacekeepers battle extreme weather in Mali helicopter exercise

  The Canadians’ most important job is air medical evacuations. If a UN peacekeeper or a Malian civilian is badly injured and needs to be airlifted to hospital, the Canadians get the call.

  Aug 31, 2018
• Jeff Semple: Canadian peacekeepers ‘shoulder-to-shoulder’ with German, Dutch troops in Mali

  Canada is the new kid on the block: 250 Canadians just moved into Camp Castor, now living alongside around 865 German and 150 Dutch troops.

  Aug 29, 2018
• Jeff Semple: First impressions of Canadian peacekeepers in Mali

  Mali represents Canada’s first large-scale United Nations peacekeeping mission in nearly two decades.

  Aug 27, 2018
• Canadian helicopters going to Mali could be used to support counter-terrorism force

  The six military helicopters that Canada plans to send to Mali could be used to move more than peacekeepers: they could be called upon to support a multinational counter-terrorism force also operating in the country.

  Canada

  Apr 1, 2018
• Canadian troops urgently needed to protect peacekeepers in Mali: UN official

  Islamic militants recently launched attacks on both a UN peacekeeping convoy and a Malian military camp in the country's north, killing at least three people.

  Canada

  Nov 18, 2016