Mali Arrests 49 Troops From Ivory Coast, Accuses Them of Being Mercenaries With a ‘Dark Aim’
Dozens of troops from the Ivory Coast were arrested Monday in Mali for being “mercenaries,” officials in Bamako said. “It has been established that the 49 Ivorian soldiers were illegally on the national territory of Mali,” government spokesman Abdoulaye Maiga said while appearing on state TV, calling the men “mercenaries.” News of the arrests spread …