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Mali grants presidential pardon to jailed French official: Govt

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13-08-2026 | 11:04

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Mali grants presidential pardon to jailed French official: Govt

Mali's junta chief Assimi Goita granted a presidential pardon Thursday to an official from the French embassy, accused of being a spy and ordered to serve 20 years in jail.

"This act of clemency, which does not call into question the facts established by an adversarial judgment rendered during a trial, where all rights of the defence were respected, is accompanied by the immediate removal of the individual from national territory," the Malian government said in a statement posted to Facebook.

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