UN threatens sanctions against Mali parties blocking peace The UN Security Council has threatened sanctions against parties in Mali which obstruct or delay the full implementation of a 2015 peace agreement. A press statement agreed to by the 15 council nation’s expresses displeasure about persistent delays in fulfilling the accord agreed to by Mali's government, Tuareg separatists and armed groups. The council welcomed the time line set by the parties at a meeting in Mali's capital to implement the agreement by the end of March and said that it be fulfilled. It warned that actions taken that obstruct, or delay the implementation of the agreement, now constitute a basis for sanctions designations. SOURCE: NEWS24 ---DECRYPTED---