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Sep
11
2020
By The African Mirror
Police and protesters clash as Mali starts post-coup transition talks

Police and protesters clash as Mali starts post-coup transition talks

NEWS
POLICE fired tear gas to disperse campaigners for civilian rule before substantive talks over Mali's political future began on Thursday, a sign of a deepening rift over who should lead the post-coup transitional government. About 100 supporters of the M5-RFP coalition, which led months of mass demonstrations against deposed President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, clashed with police at the entrance to the conference centre, delaying the start of the talks. The junta that toppled Keita on August 18 wants the transitional government to be lead by the military, while the M5-RFP and regional leaders have called for a civilian to take…
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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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Sep
08
2020
By The African Mirror
West Africa leaders say Mali junta must name a president by September 15

West Africa leaders say Mali junta must name a president by September 15

NEWS
BOUREIMA BALIMA WEST Africa's regional leaders have given the military junta in Mali until September 15 to name a transitional president and a prime minister, according to a statement read at the end of a summit on Monday. The heads of state of the 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said the president and prime minister, who will lead the transitional government, should be civilians. The bloc, seeking to keep pressure on the junta, maintained sanctions it had placed on Mali, but welcomed steps taken by the junta in the past week to start talks with Mali's political…
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Sep
08
2020
By The African Mirror
West African bloc chairman calls for Mali junta’s cooperation

West African bloc chairman calls for Mali junta’s cooperation

NEWS
BOUREIMA BALIMA The military junta in Mali must work with the West African regional bloc to ensure a swift return to civilian rule, Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou said on Monday, opening a summit in which Mali's post-coup progress is high on the agenda. A group of army colonels has ruled Mali since ousting President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on August 18. No consensus has yet been reached on the make-up and duration of a transitional government ahead of promised elections. The 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is calling for a vote within a year, a timeline the junta,…
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Sep
06
2020
By The African Mirror
Ousted Mali president Keita leaves country as transition talks begin

Ousted Mali president Keita leaves country as transition talks begin

NEWS
TIEMOKO DIALLO OUSTED  Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has left the country for medical treatment in Abu Dhabi, an adviser said, as talks about a transition back to civilian rule following last month's military coup got off to a chaotic start. Keita, 75, was hospitalised in the capital Bamako on Tuesday, six days after he was released from detention by the ruling junta, which seized power on Aug. 18. His former chief of staff, Mamadou Camara, told Reuters that Keita left Bamako on Saturday evening aboard a plane chartered by the United Arab Emirates at the request of Mali's ruling…
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Sep
06
2020
By The African Mirror
Rowdy protests get Mali transition talks off to chaotic start

Rowdy protests get Mali transition talks off to chaotic start

NEWS
TALKS in Mali about a transition back to civilian rule following last month's military coup got off to a chaotic start on Saturday as opponents of the deposed president accused the ruling junta of excluding them from some of the negotiations. Hundreds of representatives from the junta, political parties and civil society groups attended the start of talks in the capital Bamako which are meant to chart a path forward after the August 18 coup that ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. The military takeover was welcomed by many Malians, tired of violence by Islamist and ethnic militias and alleged high-level…
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Sep
03
2020
By The African Mirror
Ousted Mali president in hospital for checks, says source close to family

Ousted Mali president in hospital for checks, says source close to family

NEWS
MALI’S ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was hospitalised in the capital Bamako on Tuesday evening for an overdue check-up with his doctor, a source said, six days after he was released from detention by the country's new military leadership. The junta allowed Keita, 75, to return home last Thursday in an attempt to court goodwill with regional states who imposed strict sanctions on the country following his overthrow on August 18. According to a deal struck with regional mediators, the junta agreed to allow Keita, who has ongoing health issues, to see his doctor, and if necessary, travel abroad for…
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Aug
29
2020
By The African Mirror
“Disease” of Mali coup needs stamping out, say neighbours

“Disease” of Mali coup needs stamping out, say neighbours

NEWS
MALI’S West African neighbours believe that sanctions they imposed over a coup there were needed to stamp out the "disease" of military takeovers, and that the officers who engineered the power grab should return to barracks. The 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) suspended Mali from its institutions, shut borders and halted financial flows with the country following last week's ousting of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. Concerned about prolonged instability in Mali and its potential to undermine the fight against Islamist militants there and in the wider Sahel region, ECOWAS maintained that hard line on Friday. "Putschism" was…
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Aug
28
2020
By The African Mirror
Mali junta frees ousted president Keita ahead of regional summit

Mali junta frees ousted president Keita ahead of regional summit

NEWS
TIEMOKO DIALLO and DAVID LEWIS  COUP leaders in Mali have released President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and he has returned home, his representative said on Thursday, a potential sign of good faith a day ahead of a regional summit on the country's political future. A group of military officers has controlled Mali since Aug. 18, when they detained Keita at gunpoint and forced him to resign in a takeover foreign powers fear could further destabilise the West African nation and undermine a fight against Islamist militants in the wider Sahel region. Keita's release, nine days after he was ousted and detained,…
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Aug
27
2020
By The African Mirror
EU freezes Mali training missions after military coup, denies responsibility

EU freezes Mali training missions after military coup, denies responsibility

NEWS
ROBIN EMMOTT and TIEMOKO DIALLO THE European Union has suspended training in Mali after the military coup this month that removed President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita from power, officials said on Wednesday, while Germany acknowledged that some perpetrators had been trained in Europe. The two missions assisting Mali's army and police are part of international efforts to stabilise Mali and extend the state's authority, but the EU is facing questions about whether it inadvertently helped train the coup plotters. "It is known that some of the leading figures of the coup d'etat have also enjoyed training in Germany and France," German…
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