Mali repeats demand for Denmark to withdraw its forces

Mali coup leader Colonel Assimi Goita

Mali coup leader Colonel Assimi Goita. PHOTO | AFP

Mali's military government on Wednesday repeated a demand that Danish special forces withdraw from the Sahel state, noting recent "inappropriate" comments made by Denmark's foreign minister. 

The junta, which came to power in a coup in August 2020, had first asked Denmark to withdraw its troops on Monday, following a deployment it said had been undertaken without consent.