10 years in prison for Bamako's former mayor: land matters are not to be taken lightly in Mali!
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Bamako-Sénou: former mayor Adama Sangaré sentenced to 10 years in prison (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
The Economic and Financial Pole court in Bamako sentenced former mayor Adama Sangaré and other defendants to heavy prison terms in the Bamako-Sénou airport-zone land case. Sékou Keïta was acquitted.
10 years in prison for Bamako's former mayor: land matters are not to be taken lightly in Mali! (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
Adama Sangaré, former mayor of Bamako-Sénou, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for allocating 3,000 plots in the airport zone to signatories of the peace accord, allegedly on orders from President IBK. His lawyers have appealed.
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