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Mali marks 60 years of independence as junta calls for sanctions to be lifted

By Abiodun Ogundairo
23 September 2020   |   3:18 pm
Mali celebrates sixty years as an independent nation on the day following the announcement of the new president and vice-president of the post-coup transition.

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