Dakar, Senegal: Three women among the 49 Ivorian soldiers held in Mali accused of being mercenaries in an ongoing dispute between the two countries have been released, two diplomats told Agence France-Presse Saturday (Sunday in Manila).

"I give you the good news: As a humanitarian gesture, Mali has released the three women from the contingent of 49 Ivorian soldiers", a Malian diplomat said on condition of anonymity.

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