Mali’s Supreme Court on Monday scrapped a case against ex-prime minister Boubou Cisse which alleged that he plotted to overthrow an interim government installed after last year’s coup.
In late December, a public prosecutor in the conflict-ridden Sahel state charged six prominent figures with “conspiracy against the government” and insulting the head of state, among other things. The Supreme Court threw out the case on Monday, after prosecutors appealed a decision by a lower court in March to drop the charges.Five people detained in connection to the case were subsequently freed, according to an AFP journalist present at the central prison in the capital Bamako.
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