MALI: Abasirikare b’umuryango w’abibumbye 15 barasiwe mu modoka

epa07558031 United Nations (UN) Peacekeepers secure the area as part of a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) delegation visit accompanied by the Governor of Timbuktu Region Koïna AG Ahmadou, to Koygouma in the Timbuktu Region of Mali 06 May 2019. (issued 09 May 2019) This visit follows the repatriation of 2086 Malian refugees from the Mbera camp in Mauritania last April, who had to flee conflict in 2013. Vehicles from the High Council for Azawad Unity (HCUA) also came to secure the area. In Koygouma the HCUA member of the Coordination of Azawad movements (CMA) is very present. This rebel group that signed the Algiers peace agreement mainly composed of Ansar Dine dissidents is often criticised for its double game with Ansar Dine jihadists and its proximity to Iyad Ag Ghali. EPA-EFE/NICOLAS REMENE