The calls for greater involvement follow a coup in August that has once again left the country under military rule even as violence between different armed groups continues to spiral out of control.

Assailants raided a central Mali village early Monday, killing at least 95 people in the latest massacre in a growing ethnic conflict that has been enflamed by Islamic extremists, government officials said.

This news comes just months after the Canadian government backed away from its 2016 pledge to send troops to Mali as it reviewed its strategy for participating in UN peacekeeping missions.