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Mali: French-Speaking Group of Nations Suspends Mali in Wake of Military Coup
RFI, 26 August 2020
The International Francophone Organisation has suspended the membership of Mali in the wake of the army takeover on 18 August. The group of French-speaking nations has called for… Read more »
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Mali: Junta Denies Three-Year Transition Plan With Military Government
RFI, 25 August 2020
Mali's ruling military junta has denied that it wanted to put in place a three-year transitional authority led by soldiers, following the overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar… Read more »
Mali Junta Denies Wanting Three-Year Transitional Rule
Mali's ruling military junta has denied that it wanted to put in place a three-year transitional authority led by soldiers, following the overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in power since 2013. Military spokesperson Ismael Wague told journalists in Bamako that all decisions about the transition, a new president and formation of government would be made between "Malians, political parties, the unions, armed groups and civil society".
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Africa: Lessons From Mali
FrontPageAfrica, 25 August 2020
After issuing threats of sanctions against Mali unless Ibrahim B. Keita was re-instated, ECOWAS is now negotiating to get the former President a safe exit to seek medical… Read more »
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West Africa: Mali Coup - Meeting Ends Without Agreement on Transitional Government
DW, 24 August 2020
The overthrow of a democratically elected government in Mali last week has left ECOWAS and the African Union scrambling to return the country to constitutional rule. Talks to that… Read more »
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Mali: Junta Proposes 3-Year Military Rule, Agrees to Free President - Reports
DW, 24 August 2020
Mali's junta and mediators from West Africa's regional bloc have reached agreement on some points. Reports said the junta pledged to free deposed President Keita and proposed a… Read more »
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Nigeria: Coup d'États - Mali, Nigeria and General Washington
This Day, 24 August 2020
Certain young elements in the military, in Mali staged a coup and citizens went wild in a hyperactive pitch celebrating the removal of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta. It… Read more »
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Mali: UN Team Gains Access to Detained President Ahead of Mass Rally
RFI, 21 August 2020
The United Nations said Friday it had gained access to Mali's ousted president and other detainees who have been held by mutineers since a military coup on Tuesday. Read more »
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West Africa: West African Bloc Ecowas Faces Credibility Test in Ending Mali Standoff
RFI, 21 August 2020
West African leaders from regional bloc Ecowas kick off a high-stakes mission to Mali on Saturday in a bid to reverse Tuesday's military coup. Member heads of state want ousted… Read more »
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Mali: African Leaders Demand Release of Ousted Mali President
East African, 21 August 2020
African leaders have condemned the military coup in Mali and demanded the immediate release of detained President Boubacar Keita. Read more »
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West Africa: People's Sovereignty Versus Delegated Sovereignty - the Case of Ecowas Mediation of Malian Crisis
This Day, 23 August 2020
Nigeria's foreign policy is currently challenged by an exercise of conflicting authorities: People's sovereignty, people's delegated sovereignty and supranational authority's… Read more »
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Nigeria: Disturbing Signals From Mali
This Day, 23 August 2020
The ambitious men in uniform should be sent packing Read more »
InFocus
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Mali coup leaders appeared on television with a promise of a "reasonable timeline" for holding new elections after President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resigned a few hours after being ... Read more »
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Mali's opposition has dismissed a plan proposed by an ECOWAS mediation team to form a unity government, pushing instead for the resignation of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who ... Read more »
