The 46 soldiers accused by the Mali government of being mercenaries and undermining government securities have returned home after 6 months of detention.
The soldiers arrived at the home on Saturday, after their arrest in July last year.
The Mali government accused the soldiers of being mercenaries, while After their plane landed at 11:40 p.m. local time (2340 GMT), the uniformed soldiers disembarked one by one, each carrying a small Ivorian flag. The nation and Ivory Coast governments considered them as security backup for the UN peacekeeping mission.
After their plane landed at 11:40 p.m. local time (2340 GMT), the uniformed soldiers disembarked one by one, each carrying a small Ivorian flag.
The pardon came after one week when the 46 soldiers were sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. The three women, who had been freed in early September, were tried in absentia and sentenced to death.