Liberals Push End of Mali Peacekeeping Mission to August

U.N. peacekeepers stand guard in the northern town of Kouroume, Mali, May 13, 2015. Kourome is 11 miles south of Timbuktu. REUTERS/Adama Diarra

OTTAWA—The Canadian Forces’ peacekeeping mission in Mali is going to last a little longer than previously planned—but not as long as the United Nations hoped.

Canada’s operations in the African nation were supposed to cease at the end of July and the eight helicopters and 250 military personnel providing transportation and logistics help in a UN mission there were to come home.