Mali cuts France military ties as counter-insurgency force exits

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BAMAKO, MALI - Mali severed defence ties with France as a multinational force that's helped the government fight an Islamist insurgency for the past decade withdraws from the West African nation.

BAMAKO, MALI - Mali severed defence ties with France as a multinational force that's helped the government fight an Islamist insurgency for the past decade withdraws from the West African nation.

Mali has criticised France's decision to move its counter-insurgency forces to neighbouring Niger, while France has condemnedand last month accused those forces of being involved in human rights abuses. As a result, the legal framework enabling the French counter-insurgency force Barkhane and the European task force Takuba to remain in the country will come to an end immediately, he said in a statement.

 

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