{"id":68993,"date":"2020-07-18T11:37:45","date_gmt":"2020-07-18T11:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.140.144.153\/2020\/07\/18\/is-mali-back-to-the-brink-pressure-on-president-adds-to-regional-turmoil\/"},"modified":"2020-07-18T11:37:45","modified_gmt":"2020-07-18T11:37:45","slug":"is-mali-back-to-the-brink-pressure-on-president-adds-to-regional-turmoil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/is-mali-back-to-the-brink-pressure-on-president-adds-to-regional-turmoil\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Mali back to the brink? 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