Mali:Five years jail for beating up Mali’s former interim President Dioncounda Traore

Two men have been sentenced to five years in jail for beating up Mali’s former interim President Dioncounda Traore during the occupation of his palace in 2012 May by protesters demanding his resignation.

A third man was acquitted by the court for involvement in the attack, that was followed by a military coup. Traore was hospitalized for two months in France before coming back to Mali. 

Traore authorized foreign military intervention to oust the Separatists and Islamists who took control of the northern Mali during the military coup, before handing the power to President Ibrahim Boubcar Keita in 2013 September reports Reuters