France welcomes Mali's pardon of intelligence agent serving 20-year jail term

Yann Vézilier, who had been stationed at the French embassy in Bamako, was arrested a year ago on charges of being a spy and undermining state security.

Yann Vézilier, who had been stationed at the French embassy in Bamako, was arrested a year ago on charges of being a spy and undermining state security.

[RFI] Mali's junta leader General Assimi Goïta has pardoned a French intelligence agent serving a 20-year prison sentence, a rare conciliatory move after years of strained relations between the west African nation and its former colonial ruler.

Mali's junta chief on Thursday pardoned a French intelligence agent serving a 20 year jail term, a rare conciliatory gesture following years of tension between the west African nation and its former colonial ruler.In gesture to Paris, Mali pardons convicted French agentThe decision came as Mali's military authorities h