US EditionMali lawmaker Mamadou Hawa Gassama jailed in Ivory Coast for insulting President Ouattara.
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In Côte d'Ivoire, the Court of First Instance in Abidjan sentenced Mahamadou Gassama to three years in prison on Friday 30 January 2026 for "offending the Head of State" and "dissemination of outrageous expressions via the Internet." This Malian official of the National Transitional Council (CNT) was arrested in July 2025, following a private stay in Côte d'Ivoire.
In 2022, the parliamentarian qualified Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara as "the number one enemy of Mali", a few months after the arrest of Ivorian soldiers by the Malian junta. On Friday 30 January, he was severely condemned.
The Court of First Instance of Abidjan handed down its verdict. Sentenced for "offending the Head of State", Alassane Ouattara, this member of the Malian National Transitional Council will also have to pay 5 million CFA francs. The prosecutor had requested five years in prison.
Malian MP Sentenced To 3 Years Imprisonment For Insulting Ivory Coast’s Leader
By Enyichukwu Enemanna A court in Abidjan, capital of Ivory Coast on Friday sentenced a Malian politician, Mamadou Hawa Gassama to three years in prison for insulting Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara. Gassama, a member of junta-ruled Mali’s transitional parliament, referred to the long-standing Ivorian leader as an “enemy of Mali” during an interview with Malian media in September 2022. Diplomatic relations between Mali and Ivory Coast have d…
Malian Lawmaker Jailed For Insulting Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara
A court in Abidjan has sentenced Malian politician Mamadou Hawa Gassama to three years in prison for insulting Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara. Gassama, who serves in Mali’s transitional parliament under the current military-led government, had described Ouattara as an “enemy of Mali” during a media interview in September 2022. Relations between Mali and Ivory Coast […]
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