French President Emmanuel Macron adjusts his protective facemask as he attends the 76th anniversary of the Allied landings in Provence during World War II which helped liberate southern France, in Bormes-les-Mimosas on August 17, 2020. - On August 15, 1944, 50,000 Allied troops stormed the coast near Marseille and Toulon, beginning the liberation of southern France from the Nazis. Two months after the successful D-Day landings in Normandy, Operation Dragoon saw the Allies attempt to open up a second front against the Germans in occupied France. Days after the southern landings, allied troops freed Paris, marking the end of the Nazi occupation of France. (Photo by ERIC GAILLARD / POOL / AFP)
French President Emmanuel Macron adjusts his protective facemask as he attends the 76th anniversary of the Allied landings in Provence during World War II which helped liberate southern France, in Bormes-les-Mimosas on August 17, 2020. - On August 15, 1944, 50,000 Allied troops stormed the coast near Marseille and Toulon, beginning the liberation of southern France from the Nazis. Two months after the successful D-Day landings in Normandy, Operation Dragoon saw the Allies attempt to open up a second front against the Germans in occupied France. Days after the southern landings, allied troops freed Paris, marking the end of the Nazi occupation of France. (Photo by ERIC GAILLARD / POOL / AFP)
Macron discussed the unfolding situation with President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and the leaders of Niger, Ivory Coast and Senegal, and “condemned the attempted mutiny under way,” the Elysee Palace said in a statement.
The French presidency did not say precisely when Macron’s talks with African leaders took place. Mutineering soldiers in Mali have said they detained Keita and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse.
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