UN peacekeepers have departed a rebel stronghold in northern Mali early as violence increases
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — United Nations peacekeepers on Tuesday withdrew from a rebel stronghold in northern Mali weeks earlier than planned because of insecurity, leaving the town in the hands of ethnic Tuareg separatists, residents said. An employee with the U.N. mission known as MINUSMA told The Associated Press that the peacekeepers left Kidal in […]