Extra-Regional Power The statement by Mali's military blamed the institutional drift in the G5 Sahel on the "maneuvers of an extra-regional state desperately aiming to isolate Mali." The military junta in Mali ejected the French military from Mali's territory on May 2, a week before it left G5 Sahel. On May 15, 2022, the military junta in Mali announced that it would no longer be part of the G5 Sahel platform.