Aviation agency says France violated sanctions by flying into Mali

Ecowas and the regional monetary union punished Mali on Sunday after its interim government proposed to delay planned polls by up to four years

A french soldier during a patrol in Mali. File photo: GETTY IMAGES/FRED MARIA

Member states pledged to close air and land borders and cut off Mali’s access to regional financial markets. The flight was deemed “noncompliant” with the suspension of flights from Ecowas member states, Asecna’s representative to Mali said in the letter addressed to Mali's aviation director.

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