Ex Malian Prime Minister, Modibo Keïta, is dead. Keita died on Saturday in Morocco where he was receiving medical care. He was 78. The Communication Service in the Prime Minister’s office confirmed the ex-premier’s death in a statement. The statement read: “It is with great sadness that we learnt this morning of the death of
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The Bamako Court of Assizes on Friday sentenced Malian jihadist leader, Souleymane Keita and two other men to death for terrorism. The court charged Keita, the head of an al-Qaeda offshoot named Khaled Ibn al-Walid, for attacks carried out in Mali’s south, near the border with the Ivory Coast. A judicial source told journalists on
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Coup leaders in Mali have released ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita from detention, a spokesman for the junta Djibrilla Maiga said on Thursday. “He was freed this morning, (and) he has returned to his home,” he said, without giving further details. Keita, who was overthrown in an Aug. 18 coup, had been in military custody.
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