The trend of breaking diplomatic relations between Mali and the rest of the world has continued.
In the latest on the trend, Germany announced Friday that it was suspending its participation in a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali.
Germany’s announcement comes after the West African nation refused to grant a civilian aircraft carrying German troops permission to use its airspace.
According to Germany’s defense minister, Christine Lambrecht, her Malian counterpart, Sadio Camara, had not adhered to agreements to use its airspace.
Recall that Germany earlier in the year announced that it was drawing down its participation in a European Union military mission in Mali after France pulled out.
Last month, North African country, Egypt also announced plans to withdraw its troops from Mali by mid-August following deadly attacks against its peacekeepers.
But Germany continued to provide troops to the UN’s MINUSMA peacekeeping mission in the West African nation.
Mali under the current Junta of Colonel Goita has been on a thread of breaking diplomatic relations with allies.
It started by breaking defense alliance with the French, the junta also quit the anti-jihadist force, G-5 force but has enjoyed good relationship with Russia.
Berlin has deployed some 1,000 troops to Mali, most of them near the northern town of Gao where their main task is to gather reconnaissance for the U.N. peacekeeping mission MINUSMA.
Mali has been in the eye of terror storm since war started in January 2012 between the northern and southern parts of Mali in Africa with several insurgent groups, Jihadist and separatist fighters with affiliations with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group