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The village of Ogossagou is located 144 kilometres from the town of Sévaré in the Mopti region of central Mali. Ogossagou has been the site of two massacres between local ethnic groups in the space of two years, resulting in numerous casualties. For the last two years peacekeepers from Senegal serving with the Quick Reaction Force (QRF) of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has secured a temporary operational base (TOB) in the village. The village of Ogossagou is difficult to access by land due to the security situation, terrorist attacks and Improvised Explosive Device (IED), and to the isolation of the village. Recently calm has returned to Ogossagou with the signing of local agreements between the two communities.

A helicopter flies over the village of Ogossagou in central Mali..

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Headline Special Agreement on Border Dispute between Gabon and Equatorial Guinea

Caption Description Secretary-General António Guterres (centre) congratulates Anatolio Ndong Mba (left), Permanent Representative of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea to the United Nations, and Michel Biang, Permanent Representative of the Gabonese Republic to the United Nations, at the “Ceremony of the Exchange of Notification of Fulfillment of Domestic Procedure for the Special Agreement Regarding the Border Dispute between the Republic of Equatorial Guinea and the Gabonese Republic”.

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NICA ID 840068

Production Date 03/03/2020 12:54:33 PM

City/Location New York

Country United States of America

Credit UN Photo/Mark Garten

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