Our website use cookies to improve and personalize your experience and to display advertisements (if any). Our website may also include cookies from third parties like Google Adsense, Google Analytics, and Youtube. By using the website, you consent to the use of cookies.

Ok, I Agree
Jun
13
2021
By The African Mirror
Mali restores ousted defence minister

Mali restores ousted defence minister

NEWS
MALI's transitional government announced on Friday it had restored Colonel Sadio Camara as defence minister after his removal from office was one of the factors that led to a coup that toppled President Bah Ndaw last month. Camara was one of the leaders of an earlier coup in August last year that ousted then-President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. Military officers detained Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane on May 24, hours after they announced a new government that excluded Camara and another colonel involved in the Aug. 2020 coup, Modibo Kone, who had been in charge of security. The appointment of…
Read More
Jun
04
2021
By The African Mirror
France-Mali military operations suspended

France-Mali military operations suspended

NEWS
TANGI SALAUN FRANCE is suspending its joint military operations with local troops in Mali as part of efforts to pressure the military junta there to restore a civilian-led government. Mali's military arrested interim President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane last week and pressured them to resign, derailing a transition to democratic elections after another military coup last August. Former vice president Assimi Goita, a colonel who led the August coup and last week's revolt, was declared president on Friday. West African regional bloc ECOWAS and the African Union have suspended Mali from their organisations and threatened sanctions. [nL2N2NJ38M}…
Read More
May
30
2021
By The African Mirror
ECOWAS suspends Mali over coup

ECOWAS suspends Mali over coup

NEWS
PAUL LORGERIE and TIEMOKO DIALLO WEST African regional bloc ECOWAS has suspended Mali's membership in response to last week's coup and said authorities must stick to a timetable for a return to democracy, but stopped short of imposing new sanctions. Leaders of the 15-member Economic Community of West African States held an emergency summit in Ghana's capital Accra to agree on a response to the Malian military's ouster of a president and prime minister for the second time in nine months. Mali's neighbours and international powers fear the latest revolt will jeopardise a commitment to hold a presidential election next…
Read More
May
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Mali president and prime minister freed by military after resigning

Mali president and prime minister freed by military after resigning

NEWS
PAUL LORGERIE and TIEMOKO DIALLO MALI’S ousted interim president and prime minister have been freed after they were detained by the military and resigned, an aide to the vice president has announced. Interim president Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane were arrested and taken to a military base outside the capital on Monday, triggering a crisis in the West African country. International powers including the United States and military ally France, worried about worsening security in Mali and its neighbours, have condemned the arrests and threatened sanctions. The two men resigned from their posts while in detention on Wednesday.…
Read More
May
27
2021
By The African Mirror
Mali’s president and prime minister resign

Mali’s president and prime minister resign

NEWS
TIEMOKO DIALLO and PAUL LORGERIE MALI’S interim president and prime minister have resigned, two days after they were arrested by the military, an aide to the vice president said, deepening a political crisis and potentially setting up a standoff with international powers. President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane were taken to a military base outside the capital on Monday after a cabinet reshuffle in which two officers lost their posts. The intervention led by Vice President Assimi Goita has jeopardised Mali's transition back to democracy after a coup in August overthrew former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. It has…
Read More
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.
Read More
Oct
27
2020
By The African Mirror
Mali and France at odds over talks with Islamist militants

Mali and France at odds over talks with Islamist militants

NEWS
MALI’S interim prime minister is open to talks with Islamist militants whose insurgency has made vast swathes of the country ungovernable, but former colonial power France signalled opposition to the idea. Ousted former President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita said earlier this year that 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. Moctar Ouane Malian officials have provided few specifics about what kinds of compromises could emerge, but some proponents of negotiations have said they could include recognition of a greater role for Islam in…
Read More
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…
Read More
Oct
05
2020
By The African Mirror
U.S. welcomes transitional government in Mali

U.S. welcomes transitional government in Mali

NEWS
DIANE BARTS THE United States said on Saturday that it welcomed the establishment of a transitional government in Mali as "an initial step towards a return to constitutional order." Moctar Ouane In late September, President Bah Ndaw, a retired colonel appointed president of the transition, named veteran diplomat Moctar Ouane as interim prime minister. The men will be tasked with overseeing an 18-month transition back to civilian rule after the August 18 overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. "We urge the transitional government to honor its commitments to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), including holding democratic elections…
Read More
Sep
28
2020
By The African Mirror
Mali president names diplomat Moctar Ouane as interim prime minister

Mali president names diplomat Moctar Ouane as interim prime minister

NEWS
FORMER foreign minister Moctar Ouane was named as Mali's interim prime minister, state television said, a move likely to trigger the lifting of sanctions imposed by the West Africa regional bloc in the aftermath of the military coup last month. A veteran diplomat, Ouane, 64, served as Mali's ambassador to the United Nations in 1995-2002, and as foreign minister in 2004-2011. The bloc had demanded a civilian leader be installed as a condition for lifting the sanctions. Ouane's appointment comes two days after retired colonel Bah Ndaw was sworn in as the country's president, and coup-leader Colonel Assimi Goita as…
Read More
Facebook
Twitter
Linkedin
Instagram