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Mali president acknowledges contacts with jihadists

Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar for the first time said his government had been in contact with jihadist rebels (file picture) [AFP]

Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has for the first time acknowledged contacts with jihadist insurgents, an option the government has long rejected.

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