The director of the human rights division of the United Nations Mission in Mali (Minusma) has been declared "
persona non grata
" and "
will have to leave the national territory within 48 hours
", the junta said on Sunday. in power.
This decision announced by press release comes after a speech violently criticized by the junta delivered by a Malian human rights defender who denounced ten days ago at the UN the security situation in the country and the involvement, according to her, of the new allies. Russian national army in serious violations.
"
This measure follows the destabilizing and subversive actions
" of Guillaume Ngefa-Atondoko Andali, said the press release read to the national television newspaper and signed by the government spokesman, Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga.
Worsened security situation
"
During the various sessions of the United Nations Security Council on Mali, Mr. Andali's actions consisted in selecting usurpers who arrogated to themselves the title of representative of Malian civil society, ignoring the authorities and the national institutions
”, he continues about this national of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
"
Mr. Andali's bias was even more evident during the last United Nations Security Council review of Mali
", the day of the civil society intervention by Aminata Cheick Dicko, who has since suffered a violent smear campaign.
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The Minusma was created in 2013 to help stabilize a state threatened with collapse under jihadist pressure, protect civilians, contribute to the peace effort, defend human rights... But the security situation has continued to deteriorate. worsen in Mali.
The junta is openly blocking the investigations of the Minusma on human rights and the abuses of which the Malian forces are regularly accused.
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