On Sunday, the Economic Community of West African States agreed to shutter land and air borders with the Sahel state and impose a trade embargo over delayed elections.The sanctions on Mali have come after the country’s army-dominated government last month proposed staying in power for up to five years before restoring democracy.
Colonel Lassina Togola, the head of Mali’s national airport’s company, confirmed the authenticity of the ASECNA document. France has thousands of troops in Mali and neighbouring Sahel countries as part of an anti-jihadist force. Togola told AFP that the borders between Mali and ECOWAS countries are closed and that aircraft cannot travel between them.
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