TIMBUKTU MARCH 8, 2016 (CISA) – The United Nations Security Council March 6, traveled to northern Mali to push for implementation of a peace deal aimed at ending recurrent internal uprisings and allowing the government to combat the growing threat of Islamist militants. “With the application of the peace agreement, the people will be able to feel the dividends of peace,” Francois Delattre, France’s ambassador to the UN, said during a trip to the northern towns of Timbuktu and Mopti. We know Mali is a vast territory … that’s why you need the implementation of the peace deal,” said Ismael Abraão Gaspar Martins, the UN ambassador from Angola. However, the government and the Tuareg rebel alliance – Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA) – have accused each other of stalling on implementation. But the militants have since reorganized and launched a wave of attacks against security forces, peacekeepers and civilian targets that has extended well beyond northern Mali and into neighboring countries.