Charges against Choguel Maiga comes as the military intensifies a crackdown on dissent in the West African country.

Choguel Maiga, the former prime minister of Mali, was taken into custody on Wednesday after he was charged with embezzlement.

A former prime minister of Mali has been remanded in custody following allegations of corruption. His lawyer on Tuesday told ...

BAMAKO, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Former Malian Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga, detained since Aug. 12, was remanded in custody on Tuesday on charges of "misappropriation of public assets" following a ...

Mali’s former civilian Prime Minister, Choguel Kokalla Maiga, has been charged with embezzling public funds and remanded in ...

BAMAKO, Mali -- A former prime minister of Mali was jailed Tuesday following allegations of corruption that he has denied, ...

Choguel Kokalla Maiga, the ex-prime minister of Mali, was formally charged with embezzlement of public funds and placed in ...

Former Mali prime minister Choguel Maiga has been jailed on corruption charges he denies, as the ruling junta intensifies its ...

Former Malian civilian prime minister Choguel Kokalla Maïga was charged with embezzlement of public funds, his lawyer Cheick ...

We believe in justice, we are calm while awaiting the trial,” Konare said, explaining that Maiga would remain in prison.