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Former Minister Mountaga Tall Kidnapped; Soldiers Implicated, Arrests Ongoing

5/4/2026

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Armed men claiming to be soldiers broke into former education minister Mountaga Tall’s Bamako home before midnight Saturday and abducted him.
Tall, leader of the National Congress for Democratic Initiative, remains missing according to his family.
His relatives filed a kidnapping complaint with security forces.
The government said evidence shows some soldiers helped the April 26 attack that killed troops, including Defense Minister Sadio Camara, and that arrests are underway.

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Armed men claiming to be soldiers broke into former education minister Mountaga Tall’s Bamako home before midnight Saturday and abducted him.
Tall, leader of the National Congress for Democratic Initiative, remains missing according to his family.
His relatives filed a kidnapping complaint with security forces.
The government said evidence shows some soldiers helped the April 26 attack that killed troops, including Defense Minister Sadio Camara, and that arrests are underway.