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February 15, 2013

Malian coup leader sworn in as head of army reform committee
Bamako (AFP) Feb 13, 2013
The leader of a March coup that ousted Mali's government, exacerbating a crisis in which Islamist rebels went on to seize over half the country, was sworn in Wednesday as head of a military reform committee. Captain Amadou Sanogo was sworn in to the new post, created for him as an incentive to accept a transitional government tasked with steering the country to elections, by interim president Dioncounda Traore in a ceremony at the presidency. "This military committee is not political and is not ... read more

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