Nigeria to pull many troops from U.N. Mali force - sources


  • World
  • Friday, 19 Jul 2013

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria plans to withdraw much of its 1,200-strong contingent from the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali, saying the troops are needed to beef up security at home, sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

Nigeria is battling Islamist group Boko Haram but the move comes just 10 days before Mali's presidential election, which is meant to restore democracy after a coup and the occupation of the desert north by al Qaeda-linked rebels last year.

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