Mali opposition leader goes missing with 11 others – party
By Reuters
27 March 2020 |
1:07 pm
Mali's main opposition leader Soumaila Cisse is missing and thought to be kidnapped along with 11 members of his delegation, his party said on Thursday (March 26), during election campaigning in a region where jihadists frequently strike.
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