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Mali expels spokesperson of UN peacekeeping mission in row over tweets

UN policemen escort an armoured car of the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) during a patrol in Timbuktu on December 8, 2021. © Florent Vergnes, AFP

Mali is expelling the spokesman of the UN's peacekeeping force in the country, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday, citing posts he made on Twitter about a diplomatic incident with Ivory Coast that has soured relations with the UN.

Olivier Salgado, spokesman for the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), has been given 72 hours to leave over "tendentious and unacceptable" posts he made on Twitter, the government said in a statement.

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