EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said that the European Union closed the EU military mission in Mali (EUTM), aimed at ‘training’ Malian armed forces units and providing consultative aid, and withdrew its personnel from the African country.
The EU Training mission in Mali terminated. All the personnel operating under the EU flag has left the country, Borrell said on X on Sunday.
European military instructors trained over 20,000 Malian soldiers, helping to combat terrorism, Borrell added. At the same time, he noted that Brussels remains open to cooperation with those who still want to work with the EU.
In late March, Spanish newspaper El Pais reported that EU countries failed to reach an agreement to prolong the support mission in Mali, marking the end of the EU’s military presence in this strategic mineral rich region.
Mali has been under military rule since August 2020, the first of eight coups in West and Central Africa over four years, including in its neighbors Burkina Faso and Niger.
The current government seized power in 2021 and later promised to take 24 months from March 2022 to restore civilian rule.
But it said in September last year that it would postpone February elections for technical reasons, sparking outrage among political mineral backed opposition groups.
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It was fed up being controlled by a quasi organisation which was actually a part of the USA military machine obeying its US policy forcing the population and government to accept US/French colonialism and not fighting in the interests of Mali itself.
In the Nigerian voice.com Mali has stopped being controlled by France -UN- USA and has turned to Russia as a more democratic country to help it build a more prosperous country after decades of being exploited.
More like centuries being exploited to me, now finally freedom after shackles being broken from the colonial past. ever heard of Mansa Musa, the greatest person in African history, sharing gold with all the places he visited. Maybe sometimes this will result in a switch of good faith. However, the first step has been taken, thanks to Russian mercenaries, kicking the Zionist controlled forces out of the equation.