The former president of Mali, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, left Bamako on Saturday to go to the United Arab Emirates for treatment, more than two weeks after the military coup against him, we learned from a source airport, with his family and the junta.
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Keïta told IBK, "
left by special flight Bamako last night for Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) for
medical
treatment
", an airport source told AFP.
His departure from Mali was confirmed to AFP by his family and the junta that overthrew him.