Operation Barkhane French contingent at the Gao military base in Mali. File photoMOSCOW, Aug 14 Forty-nine Ivorian soldiers detained in Mali in July were charged with «attacking the security of the state» and were taken into custody, Agence France-Presse reports. citing sources. «Forty-nine Ivorian soldiers were charged on Friday with 'assault on the security of the state' and were taken into custody,» the Malian judicial source familiar with the situation was quoted as saying by the agency. confirmed this information. In July, it was reported that the Mali authorities decided to suspend all military rotations of the UN peacekeeping mission in the country (MINUSMA), including those already announced and planned. The decision came amid the detention on Sunday of 49 Ivorian soldiers who, according to the Ivorian authorities, arrived as part of a UN mission. In Mali, it was reported that they were allegedly «mercenaries» and could be planning a coup.
