Mali junta seizes rebel stronghold of Kidal france24.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from france24.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Video footage has emerged showing how a plane believed to be operated by Mali’s air force crashed and went up in flames at the airport in Gao, northern Mali, last Saturday.
Dramatic footage of Mali plane crash emerges ghanamma.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ghanamma.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
With other African states that are members of ECOWAS considering military operations, several states connected to Niger have rushed to pledge support, many of whom have had coups recently.
The deterioration in Niger-France relations echoes post-coup developments in Mali and Burkina Faso, which have booted out French forces and severed long-standing ties.