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Ex-defence minister appointed Mali's transition leader

FRANCE24, 22 Sep 2020
In tonight's edition: Mali's military junta announced the leaders of a new transition government in the Sahel state, which will retain strong army links despite international pressure to appoint civilians after a coup. In Cameroon, four soldiers receive 10 year sentences for execution style killings on civilian women. The murders sparked outrage when a video of the atrocity went viral in 2018. And finally in Botswana, the previously inexplicable deaths of hundreds of elephants may well be down to toxic algae in watering holes in the Seronga area. 

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