Mali receives military equipment from China

By Agence France-Presse

Apr 29, 2023 12:00 am

Bamako, Mali: Mali has received a rare delivery of military material from China, 'exclusively acquired on the military budget', Defense Minister Sadio Camara said on Thursday (Friday in Manila).

The Sahel state has been battling a security crisis since jihadist and separatist insurgencies broke out in the north in 2012.

Mali's mutinous soldiers are seen in front of a military camp in Kati, near Bamako, Mali, on Aug. 19, 2020. Mali has received a rare delivery of military material from China, 'exclusively acquired on the military budget', Defense Minister Sadio Camara said on Thursday, April 27, 2023. XINHUA PHOTO

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