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Mali's junta announced on Monday a ban on the activities of NGOs funded or supported by France, including humanitarian groups, amid a worsening row between Paris and Bamako. The West African nation's interim Prime Minister Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga justified the move in a statement on social media, calling it a response to France's recent halt to development aid for Mali. FRANCE 24's Cyril Payen tells us more.
Humanitarian groups have warned that the situation in Mali risks deteriorating rapidly after Bamako announced a ban on NGOs financed by France. The move came in response to France's decision to cut off public funding to Mali because of its alleged involvement with the Russian paramilitary group Wagner. Also in this edition: our correspondents talk to victims of police violence in Kenya as President William Ruto pledges reform. And lastly: South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa gets the full royal treatment in London on his first state visit to the UK under King Charles III.
Becky Roby, Advocacy manager in Afghanistan for Norwegian Refugee Council.
Images of the premises of the NGOs Care International, Save the Children and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) in Kabul, the day after several foreign aid groups announced they were suspending their operations in Afghanistan after the country's Taliban rulers ordered all NGOs to stop women staff from working. IMAGES
Mali's government has announced a ban on aid groups that are funded by France, the latest attempt by the coup leader in charge to distance the West African country from its one-time coloniser and former ally in the fight against Islamic extremism. FRANCE 24's Sophie Lamotte tells us more.
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