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U.S. Suspends $13M In Aid To Mali Following Coup; U.N. Security Council Expresses Concern Over Humanitarian Crisis In Mali, Sahel Region
"The United States is suspending at least $13 million of its roughly $140 million in annual aid to Mali following last month's coup in the West African nation, the State Department said on Wednesday," Reuters reports, noting the "suspension affects U.S. assistance for Mali's ministry of health, public school construction and the government's efforts to boost agricultural production." According to the news agency, "U.S. law bars aid 'to the government of any country whose duly elected head of government is deposed by military coup or decree.'" State Department spokesperson Mark Toner said, "These are worthwhile programs that are now suspended because that aid goes directly to the government of Mali," Reuters notes (4/5). France and the European Union also immediately suspended all but essential humanitarian aid to the country, according to the Associated Press/USA Today.
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