Algeria calls on UNSC to end ‘mercenary activities’ in Mali after deadly border attack

Earlier this week, Ammar Benjamaa, Algeria’s representative to the UN, urged international accountability for "those responsible for a drone attack" that struck civilians in Mali's Tinzaouatene, near the Algeria-Mali border. The attack claimed the lives of more than 20 Malian civilians.

"We need to stop the violations committed by private armies employed by some countries", said Benjamaa during the 75th-anniversary session of the Geneva Conventions at the UNSC.