Mali requests military assistance to free north

News Manager

Milforums News Bot
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Mali's interim leader has made a formal request to West African regional body ECOWAS for military assistance to help free the country's north, which has been occupied since April by Islamist fighters, a senior Malian official said on Wednesday. Leaders of an influential former military junta, however, immediately rejected the possible deployment of foreign troops on Malian soil. "Mali is in danger, and that danger is a cross-border danger. ...

More...
 
Back
Top