Mali Condemns Armed Police Protest Over Detained Commander 

BAMAKO, MALI - Mali's interim government on Saturday condemned an armed police protest that led to the liberation of a special forces commander detained for allegedly using brute force to quash protests last year. 

In a statement on public television, the government said "uniformed and armed men took to the streets to demonstrate" in a "condemnable" act.  It said the fight against impunity would continue.   Angry police officers marched on a prison in the capital, Bamako, on Friday, after a special forces commander was held as part of an investigation into the killings of protesters in 2020.