The Mali army captain who led a 2012 coup that toppled the African nation's first democratically elected president has been promoted to general, just days after voters chose a new president. The promotion of Amadou Sanogo was confirmed by the army Wednesday -- just one day after former prime minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was named president. Mr. Keita's August 11 win became certain Tuesday, after his rival conceded defeat in the first election since the coup. In rising to general, ...
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