Mali’s opposition leader Sumaila Cissé died of COVID-19

According to Reuters on the 25th, Nuum Togo, spokesman of Mali’s opposition leader Soumaila Cisse, confirmed to the media on the 25th that Sumaela Cisse died of COVID-19 in France on the evening of December 24 at the age of 71.

It is understood that Sumaila Cisé was defeated by former Malian President Keita in the Malian presidential elections held in 2013 and 2018, and after the overthrow of the Keita regime in a military coup in August 2020, Sumaila Cissé is considered one of the most promising candidates in the next Malian presidential election.