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The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement late on Friday that the embassy coordinated closely with Malian authorities and the Malian Air Force command to facilitate the safe return of the two citizens.
The three citizens had been abducted by the Al-Qaeda-linked group "Jama’at Nusrat Al-Islam wal Muslimeen," which reportedly demanded a $5 million ransom for their release.
Two armed men, including one who wielded a knife, attacked Mali's interim president Assimi Goita on Tuesday in the great mosque in the capital Bamako, an AFP journalist saw.
The head of an Islamic police brigade deployed by jihadists controlling a northern Mali city in 2012 was jailed for 10 years Friday.
The head of an Islamic police brigade deployed by jihadists controlling a city in northern Mali in 2012 went on trial Friday.
Seventeen people have been killed and a dozen injured in a "terrorist attack" on a restaurant in Burkina Faso's capital.
