Tag: Mali

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When Shall Mali Be Free From Perpetual Cycle Of Military Rule & Persistence Of Authoritarianism?

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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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 […]