Mali ends 2015 peace deal with separatist rebels: military rulers

Bamako (AFP) Jan 25, 2024

Mali's military rulers announced late Thursday the "end, with immediate effect" of a key 2015 peace deal signed with northern separatist groups, following months of hostilities between rebels and the army. The junta blamed the "change in posture of certain signatory groups" but also "acts of hostility" by the lead mediator Algeria, government spokesperson Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga said in a te