Mali: Rift widens between Junta, Tuareg ex-rebels

Regional rebels in Mali who signed a peace deal in 2015 have withdrawn their representatives from the capital, a move signalling a widening rift with the country's ruling military, one of their leaders said on Thursday.

The Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA) brings together predominantly ethnic Tuaregs who in 2012 mounted a revolt in northern Mali, a…