Mauritanian El-Ghassim Wane, new envoy
El-Ghassim Wane was appointed by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday. He will replace Chadian Mahamat Saleh Annadif at the head of Minusma, this important UN peacekeeping force that has nearly 14,500 men in Mali.
A lawyer by training, El-Ghassim Wane studied in Senegal and France before rising through the ranks of…