Al Jazeera :
Mali has summoned France’s ambassador to the country to register its “indignation” at French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent criticism of the country’s government, which is dominated by army figures.
Tensions between France and its former colony Mali have been high since it emerged that the Sahel state is in talks with Russian mercenaries.
Mali voiced its displeasure to the French ambassador on Tuesday.
These frustrations were on full display at the UN General Assembly last month, when Choguel Kokalla Maiga, Mali’s interim prime minister, accused France of a “sort of abandonment in full flight” over its decision to reduce its military deployment in the semi-arid Sahel region.
