Mali pardons French embassy official sentenced to 20 years in prison

Mali's President Assimi Goïta on Thursday pardoned Yann Vézilier, a French embassy official who had been sentenced to 20 years in prison after the country's military-led government accused him last year of involvement in a plot to destabilise the West African nation. The pardon comes amid strained relations between Mali and France. The move may signal a shift in the two countries' troubled diplomatic relationship.

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