Let us hope for Mali and its people to break free from the perpetual cycle of military rule and the persistence of authoritarianism. The Gambia and its citizens suffered greatly under Yahya Jammeh’s tyrannical regime, a plight akin to the current distress and curtailment of freedoms and civil liberties endured […]
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Medina Baye Kahlif General pays courtesy call on Malian President Col. Assimi Goita
The President of the Malian Transition received in audience, the Khalifa General of the Faydatoul Tidjanie (Khalif General of Medina Baye in Kaolack, Senegal), Cheikh Mahi Ibrahima Niass. The meeting between the two great personalities focused on peace and stability in Mali and the sub-region. At the beginning of his […]
46 condemned Ivorian soldiers pardoned in Mali return to Abidjan
Forty-six Ivorian soldiers detained in Mali for nearly six months and sentenced to 20 years in prison arrived in Abidjan on Saturday, the day after they were pardoned by Malian junta leader Assimi Goïta. The Ivorian air force plane carrying them landed at 11.40 pm at Abidjan airport. The soldiers, […]
Mali court sentences 46 Ivorian soldiers to 20 years in prison
A court in Mali has sentenced 46 Ivorian troops whose detention in Mali sparked a diplomatic row between the two countries to 20 years in prison, the public prosecutor said Friday. Three women soldiers among the original group detained in July, and who were freed in early September, were sentenced […]