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Mali demands emergency UN meeting over French “acts of aggression”

By France24
20 August 2022   |   12:35 pm
Mali has requested an emergency UN Security Council meeting to stop what it calls French “acts of aggression”, including alleged espionage and violations of sovereignty, and accused France of supporting jihadists.

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