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Ivory Coast, Mali, Togo
Karim Keïta holds secret meeting with Faure Gnassingbé in Lomé

The son of Mali's former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Karim Keïta. © Nicolas Remene/Le Pictorium/MaxPPP

The son of Mali's former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, who has been living in exile in Abijan since the 18 August military coup, paid a discreet visit to Togo's president Faure Gnassingbé in Lomé mid-March. [...]

Published on 23.03.2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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