Mali's interim government says it defeated a Western-supported countercoup attempt last week amid worsening ties with former coloniser France
Foiled putsch took place on the night between May 11 and May 12, ruling junta announces, adding the soldiers were"supported by a Western state."
The purported foiled putsch took place on the night between May 11 and May 12, the junta that took power in an August 2020 coup said in a statement on Monday. The news release did not name the country it was accusing. However, relations with former coloniser France have deteriorated significantly, prompting the French military to begin a withdrawal of its forces that had spent nine years fighting militants.
And last month it said it was permanently suspending French media outlets Radio France International and France 24, two of the most listened to news outlets in the West African country.
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