Mali: CMA leader Sidi Brahim Ould Sidati dies from gunshot wounds

No claim of responsibility for the attack outside CMA president’s home in the capital, Bamako.

Unidentified assailants have killed the leader of a former Tuareg-led rebel alliance in Mali in an attack outside his home. Sidi Brahim Ould Sidati, president of the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), was shot in the capital, Bamako, on Tuesday morning, alliance spokesman Almou Ag Mohamed said. He was taken to a hospital but died hours later from his wounds, added Mohamed. Mali’s government confirmed that Ould Sidati died of gunshot wounds and said it would open an investigation into the attack.