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Mali ex-junta chief rejects West African troop deployment

By AFP
Mali Amadou Sanogo, the captain who led a coup in Mali.  By Issouf Sanogo (AFP/File)
SAT, 28 APR 2012
Amadou Sanogo, the captain who led a coup in Mali. By Issouf Sanogo (AFP/File)

BAMAKO (AFP) - The captain who led a coup in Mali last month before handing power back to a civilian president rejected Saturday the decision by West African states to send troops.

"All the decisions announced in Abidjan were reached without consulting us," Amadou Haya Sanogo told reporters. "I do not agree with the deployment of soldiers from the Economic Community of West Africa States."

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