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	Podcast:		The Interview
	Episode:		Ivory Coast's Ouattara says French-led withdrawal from Mali 'creates a void'
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:18:17
	Publish Date:		2022-02-17 09:42:28
	Description:		Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara granted an exclusive interview to FRANCE 24 and RFI in Brussels, ahead of an EU-African Union summit. Ouattara criticised the planned departure of French and European troops from Mali, saying it "creates a void". However, he added that it was the responsibility of domestic African armies to "solve the problems in their own countries. That's our approach and we'll make sure that that happens [... ] even it means that we have to spend 2, 3, 4 percent of GDP on military expenditure".
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