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Friday, March 27, 2020
The leading Malian opposition leader, Soumaila Cisse, has reportedly been abducted while campaigning in the central part of the country, according to a statement by Union for the Republic and Democracy (URD), his party. A number of members of his team were also kidnapped, the number of persons varies from six to 11, in various reports.
In a URD briefing, the party said Cisse’s bodyguard was killed and two others wounded when unidentified gunmen ambushed the group between villages in the northern region of Timbuktu.
“Cisse and the six others are in their hands,” party spokesman Demba Traore said at a briefing, citing four witnesses to the incident who were released by the assailants. He added there has been no request for ransom.
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