Mali: Alpha Yaya Sangaré, the colonel felled by his book launch, gets 20 years in prison
Culture Index
Score Breakdown
Relevance
3/25
Freshness
25/25
Authority
18/20
Brand Signal
6/15
Depth
6/15
5-Axis Cultural Radar
Sentenced for publishing an essay on terrorism in Mali, Colonel Sangaré is also paying the price for the enemies he had made within the junta — in particular the ambitions that intelligence chief Modibo Koné suspected him of harbouring.
