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France halts development aid to Mali

Malians hold a photograph of coup leader Colonel Assimi Goita, and Russia's flag during a pro-Malian Armed Forces (FAMA) demonstration in Bamako in 2021. REUTERS - AMADOU KEITA

France will stop sending public development aid to Mali because of the West African country’s alleged ties to Russian paramilitaries, according to the French foreign ministry.

"Given the attitude of Mali's junta leader, allied with the Russian mercenaries of Wagner, we have suspended our public development aid to Mali," a ministry source said on Thursday.

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