FROM THE FIELD: Guinean peacekeepers walk a fine line in Mali

MINUSMA/Harandane Dicko

A member of the Guinean Search and Detect team of UN peacekeepers surveys a road in Kidal in the the far north of Mali in October 2018.


31 October 2018

Peace and Security


A team of Guinean peacekeepers deployed to the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, (MINUSMA) is playing a key role in removing explosives from areas in which the mission is operating.

MINUSMA/Harandane Dicko



Mali, in West Africa, is currently the most dangerous place in the world to serve as a peacekeeper. Some 850 Guinean blue helmets are based in the volatile town of Kidal, in the north of the conflict-affected country.

Roadside bombs are a constant hazard there and it’s the role of the Search and Detect team from Guinea to make sure those explosive devices do not kill or maim peacekeepers nor civilians.

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