A prominent headline in Le Patriote (p. 1) says that Cherif Ousmane, a former warlord, has been appointed by the army high command as the head of an "anti-armed gangs unit."
The paper (p. 6) quotes the Chief of Defense Staff, General Soumaila Bakayoko, as saying that this nomination is "to strengthen" an operation code named "Zidra" designed to crack down bandits who are operating on the country's highways.
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