British troops in Mali asked by locals  'to stay forever' peacekeeping commander says
British troops in Mali asked by locals 'to stay forever' peacekeeping commander says British troops are four months into a three-year deployment in the west African country 27 April 2021 • 2:19pm The UK has around 400 soldiers deployed in Mali, on a UN peacekeeping mission as well as assisting French forces further east on a counter-terrorism mission. Credit: Cpt George Christie/Army British troops in Mali have been asked by locals “to stay forever” a peacekeeping commander has said. Soldiers deployed on the UN peacekeeping mission to the west African country say they have, so f...
Source: telegraph.co.uk