Malian Government has denied media reports that its minister for reconciliation had been kidnapped, reports that the minister’s kidnap had earlier flooded the social media space earlier on.
The minister by name Col Ismael Wague was reported to have been kidnapped on the Badiangara axis in the central Mopti region on Wednesday.
A statement from the ministry is quoted as saying the reports were spread by people opposed to the peace process.
Col Wague was last year presented as the spokesman of a group of soldiers who overthrew President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta.
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The military junta was dissolved in January 2021 but senior military personnel still hold several key posts in a 25-member transitional government.
AFRICA TODAY NEWS, NEW YORK