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Former Mali PM Choguel Kokalla Maiga Charged With Embezzlement, Imprisoned

Mali PM Choguel Kokalla Maiga Charged
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Choguel Kokalla Maiga is seen during an AFP interview in New York in September 2021 while he was Mali's prime minister AFP Mali's civilian ex-prime minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga, dismissed in November after he criticised the junta, was charged Tuesday with embezzlement of public funds and remanded in custody following a hearing before the country's Supreme Court. Plagued by jihadist and separatist violence, Mali has been led by the military since back-to-back coups in 2020 and 2021. Maiga is accused of "embezzlement of public funds" his lawyer Cheick Oumar Konare told AFP, adding that no date has yet been set for his trial.

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