Malian junta orders French broadcasters RFI, France 24 off air

Colonel Assimi Goita

Mali coup leader Colonel Assimi Goita. PHOTO | AFP

Mali's ruling junta has ordered French broadcasters RFI and France 24 off the air, complaining they had falsely accused the army of committing abuses, it said in a statement issued on Thursday.

The government in Bamako "categorically rejects these false accusations against the courageous FAMA (Malian Armed Forces)," spokesman Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga said.