FLASH NEWS: Mali, Niger & Burkina Faso to recall their ambassadors from Algeria over downed drone
In a statement read out on national TV Sunday evening, Mali’s security minister accused Algeria of shooting down one
In another symbolic show of cooperation France has facilitated the purchase by Morocco of 30 French-made Mirage 2000-9 fighter jets. It is part of a deal whereby the UAE who recently purchased 80 Dassault Rafale fighter planes from France will now sell on their 2000-9 planes to Morocco. However, it is required that any third-party transaction be approved by the original manufacturing country – in this case France. The breakthrough came during a recent meeting between the French and Moroccan foreign ministers.
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