Mali has ordered a private airline to evict foreign soldiers, including UN troops, from its Bamako airport base following last month’s arrest of 49 Ivorian soldiers there. All “foreign forces” must leave the Sahel Aviation Services (SAS) base at Bamako airport “within 72 hours” as of Tuesday, the head of the Ministry of Transportation’s airports division said in a letter to SAS seen by AFP. Under mediation by the Togolese President, Faure Gnassingbé, Mali and Côte d’Ivoire are still negotiating the release of the 49 soldiers detained in Mali. Mali has set conditions for the release of the 49 I…