UN security council hits out at Mali tomb destruction
Friday 06 July 2012
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EmailThe UN security council threatened sanctions against Islamist fighters in northern Mali today and condemned the destruction of sacred tombs in Timbuktu.
The council also warned of a worsening humanitarian situation and increasing cases of hostage-taking by terrorists in the West African nation.
It demanded the restoration of constitutional order and an end to hostilities following a March coup that allowed Islamists and Tuareg rebels to seize the county's north.
It did not, however, approve a force proposed by the Economic Community of West African States ECOWAS and the African Union.
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