Leader of the coalition M5-RFP Choguel Kokalla Maiga delivers a speech at Bamako's independence Square on June 4, 2021. In a 45-minute speech to diplomats gathered at his request, he denounced France, the former colonial power and a vocal critic of the military regime that appointed him. PHOTO | AFP
Mali's prime minister on Monday accused France of having sought the partition of the west African country during its military mission there, the latest flare-up in relations between Paris and Bamako.
In a 45-minute speech to diplomats gathered at his request, Choguel Kokalla Maiga denounced France, the former colonial power and a vocal critic of the military regime that appointed him.
