Report: UN Wants Canada to Send Helicopters to Mali Sooner

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A Royal Canadian Air Force Chinook. Photo courtesy of Boeing

The United Nations reportedly wants Canada to send its fleet of Chinook and Griffon helicopters for a peacekeeping mission in Mali sooner.

The aircraft would provide transport, logistics, armed escort and protection for the year-long Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) mission.

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Reports say the mission needs the aircraft two months earlier than initially anticipated.

MINUSMA was established in 2013 after rebels waged a war against the Malian government. The conflict resulted in a crisis among the nation's government and citizens. The mission aims to support the establishment of a political process in the country and further its stabilization.