The military dictatorship in Mali, Africa, has significantly tightened the handling of flights by the UN mission Minusma and has repeatedly prohibited operations since last Thursday. According to the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, only flights for medical reasons are currently exempt.

Civilian airlines were recently given just 72 hours to decide whether or not to Take-off and landing rights are used, given. Otherwise, permanent withdrawal was threatened. Almost all carriers decided that they will continue not to fly to the politically unstable country.

The United Nations Minusma Mission is supported by numerous armed forces. These come from Austria, Germany and the United States, for example. Only recently did the USA lead for the Austrian Armed Forces several transport flights from Linz-Hörsching through. Germany has around 1.300 soldiers stationed in Mali.

No aerial reconnaissance can be carried out at this time. According to the Bundeswehr, other military flights are also only possible to a very limited extent or not at all. The military junta in Mali stated, among other things, that they no longer wanted these flights, including drone operations. Furthermore, there are complicated disputes with neighboring countries. Some have also imposed sanctions.