If a Mali mission, then do it for the right reasons

It must be a mission to support regional stability, not just to boost Canada’s reputation.
Members of the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali from Benin patrol the Kidal airport on Feb. 13, 2016.
CALGARY—Last month, 17 Malian soldiers were killed when three rebel groups conducted a sophisticated attack on an outpost near the Mauritanian border at Nampala. Nampala sits roughly halfway between the historic northern Malian city of Timbuktu and the capital, Bamako. This was only the most bra...

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