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Ivorian soldiers arrested in Mali

The UN said that 49 Ivorian soldiers Mali arrested on Sunday at Bamako airport are part of a MINUSMA contingent, but Malian authorities fear destabilisation.

Malian authorities arrested forty-nine Ivorian soldiers at Bamako airport on Sunday. The UN said they are part of a stabilising mission, but the Malian military junta fears they are mercenaries. Journalist Mohammed Golfa tries to bring clarity.

Also in the programme: people in Ethiopia and the horn of Africa react to an interview in which Olympic runner Sir Mo Farah revealed he was smuggled to the UK as a child. And as elections loom, we ask Kenyans what their top priorities for their new leaders are.

(Photo: Soldiers of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) look out over the desert from a watchtower in Menaka, Mali. Credit: FLORENT VERGNES/AFP via Getty Images)

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Tue 12 Jul 202215:06GMT

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