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Melissa Chemam with RFI

West African juntas complain to UN over Ukraine's alleged support for rebels

Heads of state of Mali's Assimi Goita, Niger's General Abdourahamane Tiani and Burkina Faso's Captain Ibrahim Traore at the opening of the first ordinary summit of heads of state and governments of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) in Niamey, Niger, on 6 July 2024. REUTERS - Mahamadou Hamidou

The military rulers of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have written to the United Nations Security Council to denounce what they said was Ukraine's support for rebel groups in West Africa's Sahel region, according to Mali's foreign ministry.

In a joint letter, the three countries denounced the "open and assumed support of the Republic of Ukraine for terrorism internationally, particularly in the Sahel".

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