Nicked gift: France's President Francois Hollande receives presents during his visit to Mali before he was given a baby camel which now has been reported as stolen
A baby camel presented to French President Francois Hollande for 'liberating' Mali was stolen and will not be allowed to stay in Paris, it emerged today.
In a plot straight out of a madcap Gallic comedy film, a Malian refugee said he wanted the young dromedary back.
Mr Hollande was hailed a hero on Saturday when he arrived in Timbuktu, Mali, which until a few days before had been in the hands of Al-Qaeda backed terrorists.
As a token of thanks for the part French troops played in defeating the Islamist radicals, Mr Hollande was presented with the camel.
The pair were pictured together, although the camel screeched constantly, and was far from impressed with the portly French head of state tried to pat him on the head.
Now it has emerged that the camel, who had not been named, actually belonged to a farmer, whose house was destroyed by French shelling during their attack on Timbuktu.
Comment: This is the political party that considers its views "God given" and therefore attempts to remove reproductive choices from women and opposes gender equality. Obviously these sociopaths feel that laws and morality do not apply to them - only us sheeple who are forced to live under their rules.