World Cup 2022: ‘Impossible’ is not Moroccan
By Abiodun Ogundairo
12 December 2022 |
5:23 am
Fawaz Ould Ahmed is accused of being involved in multiple deadly attacks in Mali in 2015. He was already handed the death penalty by a Malian court in 2020.
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