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Sep
11
2020
By The African Mirror
Mali’s protest leader backs civilian ‘rare bird’ to lead transition

Mali’s protest leader backs civilian ‘rare bird’ to lead transition

NEWS
INFLUENTIAL Mali cleric Imam Mahmoud Dicko urged the military junta on Wednesday to comply with demands from West African leaders to name a civilian president and prime minister by September 15 to ease sanctions imposed after last month's coup. On Saturday the junta began talks with Mali's political parties and civil society groups over a transition to civilian rule. The move was welcomed by the 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), but it kept sanctions in place. Dicko, a Salafist preacher who earlier this year electrified protesters during anti-government demonstrations, told the state broadcaster late on Wednesday that…
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Aug
20
2020
By The African Mirror
Mali protest leader steps back as coup leaders promise election

Mali protest leader steps back as coup leaders promise election

NEWS
TIEMOKOK DIALLO ONE of Mali's most influential power brokers, Mahmoud Dicko, will withdraw from politics, his spokesman said, after a meeting with leaders of a military coup who have promised to oversee elections within a "reasonable" time. President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resigned and dissolved parliament on Tuesday after the mutineers detained him at gunpoint, further rocking a country that is in the grip of a jihadist insurgency and civil unrest. Fearing Keita's fall after nearly seven years in power could destabilise the Sahel region, the African Union and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) both suspended Mali. The mood…
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Jul
30
2020
By The African Mirror
Mali cleric says crisis can be resolved without president resigning

Mali cleric says crisis can be resolved without president resigning

NEWS
THE Muslim cleric seen as the driving force behind Mali's protest movement said the country's political crisis could be resolved without President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resigning, offering a more moderate solution than other opposition leaders. At least 14 protesters were killed earlier this month in demonstrations that have shaken the government since June and raised fears the instability could derail the fight against Islamist extremists in West Africa's Sahel region. Despite concessions from Keita and recommendations for moderate reforms by regional leaders, the M5-RFP coalition organising the protests said on Tuesday it wanted Keita gone and has called for more…
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Jul
23
2020
By The African Mirror
Influential cleric Dicko emerges as driver of Mali protest movement

Influential cleric Dicko emerges as driver of Mali protest movement

NEWS
AARON ROSS WHEN five West African presidents arrive in Mali to try to defuse a political crisis that has alarmed governments in the region and beyond, the man whose assent they need the most will be one who has never held elected office. Mahmoud Dicko, a Saudi-trained preacher known for his Koranic erudition and social conservatism, is seen by admirers and detractors alike as the galvanizing force behind a protest movement now threatening the political survival of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. International powers are anxious for the crisis to end, fearful it could undermine multi-billion-dollar efforts spearheaded by former colonial…
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