Mali's junta leader has pardoned 49 Ivorian soldiers arrested in July and accused of conspiring against the Malian government, the presidency said in a statement on Friday.
for attempting to undermine state security. The three released women were sentenced to death in absentia.
Ivory Coast's government was not immediately available for comment. It has previously said its troops were being held hostage, and made repeated pleas for their release. Several countries, including Ivory Coast, have decided to withdraw troops sent to help fight a decade-old insurgency in Mali this year due to the junta's collaboration with Russian mercenaries.
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