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Added on the 08/01/2023 01:11:27 - Copyright : AFPTV - First 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.
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
French officers hand over the keys to a military base in the Malian city of Timbuktu, after a nearly nine-year deployment. The French flag was lowered and the Malian flag raised in its place on the base, where a force of about 150 soldiers have remained after Paris began withdrawing troops in 2013. IMAGES
Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo is cheered on by his supporters at a former presidential campaign headquarters in northern Abidjan. Acquitted of crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court, Laurent Gbagbo has returned to his country after a ten-year exile. IMAGES of Gbagbo and supporters in Abidjan
Abidjan, Jan 21 (EFE/EPA).- Remains of four Ivorian peacekeepers of the United Nations Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), who died in an attack by unidentified armed men, arrived in Ivory Coast for the repatriation ceremony Friday. (Camera: LEGNAN KOULA).SHOT LIST: A CEREMONY OF HANDING OVER THE REMAINS OF IVORIAN MINUSMA SOLDIERS AT A MILITARY BASE IN ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST.