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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 Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Visits IDP Camp in Democratic Republic of Congo

Caption Description Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, is visiting the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). He arrived in Bunia, the provincial capital of Ituri, in the eastern DRC. This is the first stop on his three-day visit to the DRC that will take him to Goma and Kinshasa.

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Production Date 02/22/2022 8:30:47 AM

Country Democratic Republic of the Congo

Credit UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

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