BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s military junta leader on Friday pardoned 49 soldiers from neighboring Ivory Coast who were convicted of undermining Mali’s state…
Col. Assimi Goita granted the pardon and “demonstrates once again his commitment to peace, dialogue, pan-Africanism and the preservation of fraternal and secular relations with regional countries, in particular those between Mali and Ivory Coast,” said a statement from Col. Abdoulaye Maiga, the government spokesman.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
The decision to pardon the soldiers symbolizes Goita’s concern for good governance and respect for independent justice, the government statement said. Mali has been embroiled in jihadi violence linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group for a decade. The release of the Ivorian soldiers is meant to both send a good faith signal to Ivory Coast and show that the junta is in full control, while distracting the public from the security crisis engulfing the nation, analysts said.
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