Pardoned Ivorian soldiers arrive home after six months in Malian captivity
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Pardoned Ivorian soldiers arrive home after six months in Malian captivity
ABIDJAN, Jan 8 — Forty-six Ivorian soldiers recently pardoned by Mali’s junta flew home to Ivory Coast’s Abidjan airport yesterday after around six months in captivity, state television showed. Their return signals the apparent resolution of a diplomatic standoff between the West African neighbours that also worsened Mali’s already tense relations with regional powers. Emerging from the plane, each soldier held a small Ivorian flag and smiled as…
46 Ivorian soldiers arrive home after six months in Malian captivity
Sun, 2023-01-08 04:21 BAMAKO: Forty-six Ivorian soldiers detained in Mali since July arrived home late Saturday, according to an AFP reporter at the airport, a day after they were pardoned by the neighboring country’s junta. The troops, whose detention triggered a bitter diplomatic row between the neighboring countries, were arrested on July 10, 2022, after arriving in the Malian capital Bamako. Mali accused them of being mercenaries, while I…
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