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The Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) presence in the West African nation of Mali is set to come to an end, defense minister Kalle Laanet (Reform) says. The failure of democracy in Mali has led to the winding-up of French-led counter-terrorist activities in that country, after unilateral withdrawals by Sweden and Denmark had already been announced and news that the military Junta currently ruling Mali had called on the aid of Russian mercenaries.

Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) personnel will remain deployed in the West African nation of Mali, mainly as part of French-led counter-terrorism efforts there, in view of the wider, current security situation. Laanet had previously said that EDF personnel would be withdrawn, after Russian private security firm Wagner started operating in the Sahel nation.

Transfer to civilian rule should go ahead in the West African country of Mali, Estonia's ambassador to the United Nations Sven Jürgenson says. The Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) regularly deploys an infantry platoon and other personnel to Mali, as part of the French-led Operation Barkhane, and in support of both United Nations and European Union peacekeeping efforts there also.

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Malian soldiers unhappy with the new government announced by the transitional authorities took the president and prime minister by force on Monday to the Kati military camp, a few kilometres from Bamako, in a coup shaking the country plunged in a deep crisis. “The president and prime minister are here in Kati on business,” a senior military official told AFP. A government official, also speaking on condition of anonymity given the sensitive nature of the information, confirmed that the heads of the transitional executive, President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane, had been taken ...