It’s called a peacekeeping mission, but Canada’s role in mali is more complicated than that. Instead of two warring parties, more than a dozen militant groups are battling for control, and that means United Nations troops are sometimes caught in the midst of it all, and even specifically targeted. As Jeff Semple reports, Canada is being urged to do more in Mali.
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