Head of Minusma speaks to France 24: Mali mission currently unsustainable says representative

Germany’s said that it could pull its troops out of the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali early. Germany’s has about 1,100 troops as part of a 17,500 strong UN mission that’s supposed to be helping combat a jihadist insurgency in Mali. But a recent UN review’s warned that restrictions brought in by Mali’s transitional leaders are exposing peacekeepers to unnecessary risk. France 24’s Jessica Lemasurier caught up with the head of the mission, El Ghassine Wane, whilst he was in New York to find out what’s on the cards.