Mali junta expels UN peacekeeping mission spokesman over tweets

• Mali’s military government orders the spokesman of the U.N. peacekeeping mission MINUSMA to leave the country within 72 hours.
• The order follows Tweets about a diplomatic incident with Ivory Coast that has soured relations with the United Nations.

BAMAKO, July 20 – Mali’s military government on Wednesday ordered the spokesman of the United Nations peacekeeping mission MINUSMA to leave the country within 72 hours over Tweets about a diplomatic incident with Ivory Coast that has soured relations with the U.N.

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