A former Yemeni foreign minister says France seeks to export gas from a facility in Yemen’s southern province of Shabwah to reduce Europe's reliance on Russian fuel.

Mali has requested an emergency UN Security Council meeting as the country has accused France of violating its airspace and delivering weapons to armed groups, an attempt considered to destabilize the West African country.

Chadian police have fired tear gas and used water canon to disperse hundreds of protesters who held anti-French demonstrations in the capital and other towns.

Mali’s military administrators are set to fully cut off its military cooperation with France, slamming “flagrant violations” of its national sovereignty by French forces there.