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Sep
26
2020
By The African Mirror
Retired colonel sworn in as Mali interim president after coup

Retired colonel sworn in as Mali interim president after coup

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TIEMOKO DIALLO RETIRED colonel Bah Ndaw has been sworn in as Mali's interim president, tasked with presiding over an 18-month transition back to civilian rule after a military coup. Malian officials hope the inauguration will lead the country's neighbours to lift punishing sanctions imposed after the August 18 overthrow of Ibrahim Boubacar Keita as president that have paralysed the landlocked country's economy. Ndaw, 70, took the oath of office in front of several hundred military officers, political leaders and diplomats. Colonel Assimi Goita, who led the coup, was sworn in as vice president during a ceremony in the capital Bamako.…
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Sep
22
2020
By The African Mirror
Former colonel Ndaw named interim Mali president, junta leader VP

Former colonel Ndaw named interim Mali president, junta leader VP

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FORMER Mali defence minister and retired colonel Bah Ndaw was named interim president, while the leader of the junta that seized power last month, Colonel Assimi Goita, was appointed vice president, Goita said in a statement. Mali's ruling junta has come under intense pressure from leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to return power to civilians following the August  18 coup that overthrew President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. It was unclear whether the arrangement would satisfy ECOWAS, which last week threatened to step up economic sanctions and impose a total embargo on landlocked Mali if its conditions…
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