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Mali: Journalist Youssouf Sissoko Jailed for Critical Article on Niger's President · Global Voices
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Journalist Youssouf Sissoko blames Abdourahamane Tiani for making Niger a "laboratory for toxic political experimentation", including for insulting a foreign head of state.
In Mali, the editor of the newspaper "L'Alternance", Youssouf Sissoko, was arrested and placed under arrest on Thursday, 5 February. He is charged, inter alia, with "offensive action against a foreign head of state" after the publication of an article questioning the statements of Nigerian President Abdurahamane Tiani. Niger is an ally of Mali within the AES (Alliance of Sahel States).
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