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Ivorian soldiers land in Abidjan a day after being pardoned by Mali's junta leader. The forty-six Ivorian soldiers, who were held in Mali for six months, were greeted by Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara. IMAGES
Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Jan 25 (EFE/EPA), (Camera: Legnan Koula).- The Ivorian government on Monday paid a national tribute in Abidjan to the four peacekeepers of the United Nations Mission in Mali who were killed in an attack on January 13, 2021 by unidentified gunmen near Bambara-Maoude in the Tombouctou region. FOOTAGE OF THE NATIONAL TRIBUTE.
Demonstrators gather outside a military base housing French forces in Niamey, Niger, for the third day running, to demand their departure. IMAGES
The trial resumes in Mali of the 46 Ivorian troops whose detention has sparked a diplomatic row between both countries. They arrive for their trial in the capital Bamako ahead of a January 1 deadline set by West African leaders for Mali to release the soldiers or face sanctions. Originally 49 had been held after they arrived at Bamako airport on July 10. Three, all women, were later freed. Those remaining, were branded by Mali's junta as "mercenaries", and charged with seeking to undermine state security. IMAGES
The funeral for the Burkina Faso military officers killed in an attack on a supply convoy headed for the northern town to Djibo on September 26 is held in the coutnry's capital, Ougadougou. The ambush, claimed by Al-Qaeda, with an official death toll of 37 people, 27 of them soldiers, has become emblematic of the state's inability to secure remote countryside areas and protect local people, 10 years into a bloody jihadist insurgency in the Sahel region. IMAGES
Malians take to the streets en masse after the military junta called for protests against stringent sanctions imposed by the West Africa bloc ECOWAS over delayed elections. IMAGES