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Sep
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Mali could delay post-coup elections

Mali could delay post-coup elections

NEWS
MALI could push back presidential and legislative elections from late February to avoid their validity being contested, its prime minister handling a post-coup transition said. Mali's progress back to democracy following the August 2020 overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita is being closely monitored in a region that has experienced four coups in 13 months, two of them in Mali. Under pressure from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a regional bloc, Mali's new military leaders agreed to an 18-month transition that would culminate with presidential and legislative elections on Feb. 27, 2022. But in an interview with…
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May
15
2021
By The African Mirror
Mali PM forms new govt

Mali PM forms new govt

NEWS
MALI Prime Minister Moctar Ouane resigned and was reinstated yesterday in a formality required before forming a new government, the office of transitional president Bah Ndaw said. Ouane was named interim prime minister in September after the overthrow of president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.
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Feb
21
2021
By The African Mirror
Mali plans talks with Islamist militants

Mali plans talks with Islamist militants

NEWS
MALI’S government has created a body to open talks with Islamist militants whose insurgency has made vast portions of the country ungovernable, the interim prime minister has said, in the face of objections by France. A year ago ousted former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita said his government was prepared to negotiate with al Qaeda-linked militants. National talks in the aftermath of the August coup that overthrew Keita endorsed that policy. "Dialogue is not an exclusive solution, but rather an additional means of bringing back into the bosom of the Republic those who left it, often for existential reasons far removed…
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Dec
07
2020
By The African Mirror
Mali coup figure named head of transition council

Mali coup figure named head of transition council

NEWS
ONE of the army officers behind an August coup in Mali has been named to lead a new transitional legislative body, a spokesman for the authorities said. The appointment boosts the number of military figures in key roles, something that has dismayed some political factions. After the ouster of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on August 18, hopes of a civilian-led transition were dashed by the appointment of the junta's leader as vice president, while retired colonel Bah Ndaw became president. At its inaugural meeting, a transitional council of 121 members has now approved as its president Colonel Malick Diaw, one…
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Nov
11
2020
By The African Mirror
Former Mali president Toure, democratic icon toppled in coup, dies at 72

Former Mali president Toure, democratic icon toppled in coup, dies at 72

NEWS
TIEMOKO DIALLO  FORMER Malian president Amadou Toumani Toure, who won acclaim as a champion of democracy before being toppled by a military coup in 2012, has died at the age of 72, an aide said on Tuesday. Toure's life in many ways symbolised the stop-start nature of democracy in Mali, where his successor, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, was overthrown in another coup this August. Widely known by his initials ATT, Toure led an army coup in 1991 against military ruler Moussa Traore, who had violently suppressed anti-government protests. Toure organised democratic elections the following year and handed over power to a…
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Oct
23
2020
By The African Mirror
Mali’s ousted president returns home after treatment abroad

Mali’s ousted president returns home after treatment abroad

NEWS
MALI’S ousted president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has returned home after spending six weeks in the United Arab Emirates getting medical treatment, the head of his party said. Keita - who was overthrown in a military coup in August - did not make a statement and his Rally for Mali (RPM) party did not give any details on what his next move would be. The 75-year-old was toppled after weeks of protests against his government's failure to rein in violence by Islamist militants and ethnic militias, amid widespread anger over alleged corruption and the sluggish economy. He was hospitalised six days…
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Oct
08
2020
By The African Mirror
Mali coup leaders free former prime minister, generals

Mali coup leaders free former prime minister, generals

NEWS
MALI’S former prime minister Boubou Cisse and other officials and military personnel detained during the August coup have been released, according to a statement by the vice president, Colonel Assimi Goita. Although a transitional government has been appointed after the August 18 coup, Goita, who led the coup, remained in the government as vice president in charge of security and defence issues. The officials' release was one of the demands of international powers including the West African regional bloc, which this week lifted economic sanctions against Mali after the appointment of the transitional government. The senior figures had been held…
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Oct
06
2020
By The African Mirror
Mali announces new government following August coup

Mali announces new government following August coup

NEWS
MALI has announced a new government, with some of the top posts going to military officials following a coup on August 18 that deposed President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. The ministries of defence, territorial administration, security and national reconciliation will be headed by military personnel, as Mali begins an 18-month transition back to civilian rule, the presidency said in an announcement read out on state television. Civilians will hold 21 other posts. It is not rare for military personnel to hold government posts in Mali, and they did so also under Keita, but the issue has become more sensitive since the coup…
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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

NEWS
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

NEWS
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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