Soumaila

Soumaïla Cissé died on Friday, December 25, in Paris, where he was treated under contract with Covid-19. More than any other neighborhood in Bamako, Badalabougou is in mourning. The former leader of the opposition against Mali had established his family home there. It is also the headquarters of his party, the Union for Republic and Democracy (URD), that pays tribute to his memory. In Niafunké, the…

The leader of the Malian opposition is just subordinate to Paris at the age of 70. He had coronavirus and had just been evacuated to the French capital for treatment. Information confirmed to RFI by several leaders of his party, URD. His family also confirmed this to the AFP news agency. According to one of his relatives,…

Five days after the release of Soumaïla Cissé, Sophie Pétronin and two Italian hostages of the Islamist and Muslim support group linked to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, in exchange for jihadist fighters, there are still many questions surrounding this exchange. We know a little more every day about released jihadists in return for the four hostages. We now know their number. Having long cautiously claimed that there were several dozen, we now know with certainty that they were more than 200. Two hundred and six is…

Several hostages in the hands of jihadists were released on Thursday. Among them the leader of the Malian opposition. Soumaïla Cissé was kidnapped in March 2020 in the north of the country while fighting for the legislative election. And that is the relief in Mali after his release. as reported from Bamako For Soumaïla Cissé, it's a first day of freedom. The leader of the Malian opposition has returned home since Wednesday night after more than six months in captivity. "Physically, I have no problem. I feel good.…

Sophie Pétronin and Soumaïla Cissé arrived in Bamako around noon. 22 local time. The aid worker and politician were released after four years and six months in captivity, respectively. When the Malian army plane arrived from Tessalit in Bamako, the joy and relief was enormous among relatives of the ex-hostages. it is the end of an infinite waiting time several days of excitement, four years of ordeal for the French humanitarian family and more than six months of torment for those close to Soumaïla Cisse, the leader of the…

The president of the URD and leader of the Malian opposition, Soumaïla Cissé, was released on Thursday, October 8, 2020. He has been in captivity since his March 25 kidnapping in northern Mali while in the countryside for the legislative elections. He was in the middle of an election campaign near Niafunké, in the Timbuktu region, his stronghold. Four days before the legislative election, Soumaïla Cissé and her delegation, about ten people, left Saraféré for Koumaïra, but they never made it. Armed men attack the…

Prominent Malian politician Soumaila Cissé, who was kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in March, was released on Wednesday after Mali released over 100 alleged or convicted jihadists as part of negotiations to secure his release. Mali also released the prisoners in hopes of getting the release of abducted French aid worker Sophie Pétronin, who was kidnapped by the shooter in December 2016 in the northern city of Gao. "As part of the negotiations for the release of Soumaila Cisséand Sophie Pétronin, more than a hundred…

Two hostages, the French Sophie Pétronin and the Malian opposition leader Soumaïla Cissé, were released on Thursday, October 8, 2020. This release comes after the release of several dozen jihadists by the Malian authorities. The last French hostage still held in the world, Sophie Pétronin, as well as Soumaïla Cissé, a major Malian politician who until then is believed to be in the hands of jihadists, have been released, the Malian presidency announced on social networks on Thursday. The Presidency of the Republic…