Malian singer Rokia Traore -- seen here in 2018 -- had appealed her conviction in Belgium in a long-running custody case and demanded a retrial

Malian singer Rokia Traore -- seen here in 2018 -- had appealed her conviction in Belgium in a long-running custody case and demanded a retrial

 BERTRAND LANGLOIS

Malian singer Rokia Traore was handed a two-year suspended prison sentence by a Brussels court on Wednesday in a long-running dispute over the custody of her daughter.

Traore separated from Belgian playwright Jan Goossens in 2018, three years after their child was born, and the pair have been locked in a legal battle ever since.

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