Mauritanie - Mali : Rapatriement de 35 citoyens détenus à Bamako, Nouakchott dénonce des actes de torture
Thirty-five Mauritanian nationals, held for nearly three weeks in Malian prisons, returned to their country on Wednesday, August 12, 2026. A release obtained following intense diplomatic tension and intervention at the highest level of the Mauritanian state.
Arrested upon their return from Ivory Coast, these citizens were suspected by Bamako of having ties to terrorist groups, against a backdrop of deteriorating security marked by recent combined offensives by JNIM and the FLA separatists in northern Mali. These accusations were firmly rejected by the Mauritanian government.
Speaking to the press on Wednesday evening, the Mauritanian government spokesman, Houssein Ould Medou, did not mince words: " These are innocent Mauritanian citizens who have been victims of ill-treatment and sometimes torture at the hands of the Malian authorities ," he insisted, deploring that the security psychosis gripping Bamako is leading to " completely unfounded suspicions " against civilians.
During their captivity, several of these detainees managed to publish poignant testimonies and videos on social media attesting to plundering, theft of money, personal belongings and acts of mistreatment.
The crisis finally came to a head last Friday thanks to the direct intervention of the Mauritanian embassy in Bamako and the personal involvement of President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani. Repatriated on a Mauritanian Airlines flight , the 35 survivors landed Wednesday afternoon on the tarmac of Néma airport, in the southeast of the country, where they were taken care of by local authorities.
Commentaires (5)
Il faudra les indemniser et les assister.
Pour le reste, des documents sont émis au passage d'une frontière. Il faut les conserver.
Pour ma part, je pense ne pas traverser le Mali avant quelques années, noir ou pas.
So tu ne traverse pas le mali on s'en fiche vive notre malibaa
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