Soumaila Cisse, Mali Politician Who Was Held Hostage, Dies at 71

Soumaila Cisse, one of Mali’s most prominent opposition politicians who was abducted by Islamist insurgents while campaigning for elections this year, has died. He was 71.

Cisse was undergoing medical treatment in Paris after contracting Covid-19 in Mali earlier this month, a spokesman of his Union for the Republic and Democracy party said by text message.