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Pulte, who heads the Federal Housing Finance Agency, told the president he had identified leakers who were undermining the administration.

And even if alternative sources could be found, it would take time while prices go up in the short term, undermining a mainstay of the country's export economy, industry players told AFP.

"Targeting foreign nationals drives away foreign investment, undermining a key revenue stream for the Malian junta," notably in the mining sector, said Karr, the AEI analyst.

He was given a five-year jail sentence in July for undermining national unity with remarks that questioned Algeria's borders.

That first chance came four years ago in the pandemic-delayed Euro 2020, with bitterly disappointing defeats by the Czech Republic and Croatia undermining progression.