Malian Soldiers Allegedly Detained in Mauritania: Account of a False Escape

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After intense exchanges by interposed communiqués, Bamako and Nouakchott now declare that they want to "strengthen" their "bilateral cooperation". The tension thus seems to be falling back. Mauritania even proposed to host a Malian or AES commission of inquiry, after Mali claimed, on Sunday 16 March, that two Malian soldiers held hostage by a terrorist group had succeeded, on the night of 13-14 March, in escaping from a refugee camp in Mauritani…

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In recent hours, a virulent exchange of communiqués has marked the relations between Bamako and Nouakchott, whose authorities register in rival diplomatic camps, after the escape, announced by the Malian General Staff, of two soldiers held hostage, according to Bamako, in a refugee camp on the other side of the border. The Malian armed forces announced that the two first-class soldiers had, on the night of 13-14 March, "successfully exfiled from…