U.N. Mali mission to resume flights suspended because of sanctions

FILE PHOTO: A MINUSMA logistics convoy is pictured in Kidal, Mali February 16, 2017. Each month MINUSMA organizes convoys involving hundreds of civilians and military vehicles to supply remote UN bases in northern Mali. Picture taken February 16, 2017. MINUSMA/Sylvain Liechti handout via REUTERS

BAMAKO (Reuters) - The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali said on Thursday it would resume regular flights after they were grounded over the weekend because of regional sanctions.

West Africa's main political and economic bloc levied broad sanctions against Mali earlier this month after its military-led interim government announced plans to postpone a planned February election by nearly four years.