FILE PHOTO: French soldiers keep watch during a military convoy's trip between Gossi and Hombori in Mali, March 26, 2019 © AFP / Daphne Benoit
France 24: France suspends joint military operations with Malian forces
France said Thursday it will suspend joint military operations with Malian forces after the country’s second coup in nine months, “awaiting guarantees” that civilians will return to positions of power.
The decision comes after Mali’s military strongman Assimi Goita, who led last year’s coup, ousted the country’ civilian transitional president and prime minister last week in what French leader Emmanuel Macron has called a “coup d’etat in an unacceptable coup d’etat”.
The move sparked diplomatic uproar, prompting the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to suspend Mali.
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Freaking disappointing no one ever has an opinion on anything Africa. Orwell did. He would have updated or revised it. I wonder how many ne'er do wells at The Root have a favorite go to African newspaper?
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