Mali: what becomes of Soumaïla Cissé?

Malian opposition leader Soumaïla Cissé during a march in September 2018 in Bamako. MICHELE CATTANI / AFP

By: Alain Foka

Soumaïla Cissé, president of the Union for the Republic and Democracy (URD) ​​and leader of the Malian opposition, was kidnapped on March 25, 2020 in the Timbuktu region. Are there negotiations? Are we doing what is necessary to obtain his release? How to explain that his abduction was not demanded and that we remain without news? What do the kidnappers want?

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With our guests:
- Maître Demba Traoré , secretary in charge of communication for the URD (Union for the Republic and Democracy);
- Ousmane Issoufi Maiga , former Malian Prime Minister and head of the crisis cell responsible for negotiating the release of Soumaïla Cissé;
- Kabiné Komara , former Guinean Prime Minister;
- Makan Koné , editor of the Malian weekly Nouvelle Liberation.

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