Here are Press TV's latest top stories, 02:00 GMT on February 05, 2022.

France’s ambassador to Mali has been kicked out of the country in a major blow to the neocolonial sphere of influence known as Françafrique.

The West African bloc's chairman says a coup in Mali was “contagious” as it led to subsequent military takeovers in the troubled region.

The diplomatic fallout between France and Mali has turned worse.

The government “vigorously” condemned remarks by senior French officials about Mali’s internal affairs.

Mali has called on France to keep its "colonial reflexes" to itself and not interfere in its internal affairs.

France and 14 other countries have called on Mali to allow Danish special forces to remain in the African country, whose transitional government insists that they have entered Mali without formal invitation and must immediately withdraw.

In an unprecedented move, Denmark has deployed troops to Mali without the knowledge of the central government of that country.

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Mali says it has asked Denmark to immediately withdraw troops deployed to the West African nation as part of a French-led force because it was not consulted and the deployment failed to follow protocol.