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Mali, Niger Revoke Agreements on Tax Cooperation With France, Reports Say

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The anti-French sentiment is gaining momentum in the West African states, including Mali and Niger. Following the coup in Niger in late July, The rebels demanded that France call back its ambassador and withdraw troops from Niger’s soil. Both Mali and Niger suspended broadcasting of French media on their territory.
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Mali and Niger have revoked agreements with France on tax cooperation, with the deals set to cease to have effect withing three months, media have reported, citing the document.
"Transition governments of Mali and Niger are informing the public that today they are starting to revoke two agreements with France that earlier exercised colonial control," the document was quoted by the Malian aBamako news portal as saying, adding that the agreements concern tax cooperation with Paris.
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Mali and Niger believe that the implementation of the agreement is impeded by "hostile" attitude of France, with the two African nations losing money because of that, the document also said.
Pro-French elected governments have been overthrown by the military in the two former French colonies in recent years. The latest coup took place in Niger, following which the military denounced prior agreements with Paris and demanded the withdrawal of French diplomats and troops.
While the regional economic bloc ECOWAS threatened Niger with an invasion, Mali and Burkina Faso sided with the Nigerien coup-leaders and vowed to side with them in the event of invasion.