Mali junta pardons 49 Ivorian soldiers whose detention sparked a diplomatic row

Mali's junta leader on Friday pardoned all 49 Ivorian soldiers whose arrest in July triggered a bitter diplomatic row, a government spokesman said, just a week after the courts sentenced them.

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