Bamako — Coup leaders in Mali have released ousted president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and he has returned home, nine days after he was detained, his representative said on Thursday.

A group of military officers has controlled Mali since August 18, when they detained Keita at gunpoint and forced him to resign in a takeover foreign powers fear could further destabilise the West African nation and undermine a fight against Islamist militants in the wider Sahel region...

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