Former Mali Prime Minister sentenced to two year prison for social media post

A court in Mali’s capital sentenced former Prime Minister Moussa Mara to one year in prison on Monday, convicting the prominent politician over a social media post expressing solidarity with political prisoners, in a case critics see as a crackdown on dissent under the ruling military leader Col. Assimi Goita.

The Bamako court found Mara guilty of “undermining the credibility of the state and opposing legitimate authority.”

He was…