US EditionEx-Mali Minister Sentenced to Jail in BBJ Acquisition Trial
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The Bamako Assize Court has just sentenced Bouaré Fily Sissoko to imprisonment and a fine for a 2014 case. His lawyer wants to file an appeal in cassation.
Mali's former finance and economy minister was sentenced to ten years in prison on Tuesday for buying military equipment and a presidential plane in 2014.
Ex-Mali minister sentenced to jail in BBJ acquisition trial
Former Malian finance and economy minister Bouaré Fily Sissoko was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in Bamako on July 8 in a landmark corruption trial over the controversial 2014 purchase of military equipment and a presidential B737-700(BBJ) under former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Agence France Presse (AFP) reported. Sissoko was convicted of "damaging public property," according to the verdict from Mali's high-level criminal court, the…
Bouaré Fily Sissoko was sentenced on 8 July to ten years in prison in the iconic case of the purchase of military equipment and a presidential plane in 2014. Former Minister Moustapha Ben Barka, judged in his absence, was given life.
The Malian judiciary has decided in an emblematic case. Bouaré Fily Sissoko, former Minister of Economy and Finance, was sentenced this Tuesday to ten years in prison in the context of the case of the Presidential Boeing and military equipment. A verdict that ends almost two years of judicial proceedings...
A criminal court in Bamako sentenced former Economy and Finance Minister Boré Fély Sissoko to ten years in prison on Tuesday on corruption charges related to the purchase of the presidential plane and military equipment, a case that has captivated local public opinion for months. The court also sentenced Colonel Nouhem Dabitao to seven years in prison and fined them 500,000 and 300,000 CFA francs, respectively. The court acquitted General Mousta…
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