Mali summons envoy over Macron’s remarks

Bloomberg

Mali’s foreign ministry has summoned the country’s French ambassador after France’s President Emmanuel Macron questioned the legitimacy of the African nation’s interim leadership.
Tensions between France and Mali have been rising since Mali’s Prime Minister, Choguel Kokalla Maiga, accused France of abandoning his country “mid-flight” in the fight against extremists. Radio France International reported that Macron last week rejected the allegations and said the Malian prime minister’s comments
were a disgrace and “dishonours what isn’t even a government.”