Mali faces recession, political crisis after coup
Mali faces mountainous economic and political challenges more than a month after the military coup that toppled president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, analysts say. Plagued by graft and poverty, the Sahel state was already battling a severe downturn, aggravated by a jihadist insurgency and ethnic violence, when the military seized control on August 18. Mali is […]
After military order, Mali’s ministers, MPs return dozens of luxurious vehicles
Mali’s ministers and MPs who acquired government limousines and four-wheel-drive cars under ousted president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita have hastened to hand back the vehicles after the new military rulers requested their return. The junta issued a brief but courteous call on Sunday calling on former lawmakers and ministers to “hand back government vehicles that had […]
Mali junta launches ‘consultation’ amid pressure over handover
Mali’s military junta on Thursday launched a three-day “national consultation” with political parties, unions and NGOs, facing questions at home and pressure from abroad over its plans for returning the country to civilian rule. Around 500 people are attending the forum, unfolding at a conference centre in Bamako, the capital of the impoverished West African […]
Mali junta gives ousted president 3 months to return home after treatment in UAE
Mali’s ousted president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, has a maximum of three months to return home after receiving medical care abroad, the colonels who overthrew the 75-year-old leader last month said Sunday. Keita, who suffered a mini-stroke last week, flew out of Mali late on Saturday for treatment in the United Arab Emirates. The time limit […]
Mali junta begins talks on power handover
Mali’s military junta began talks with opposition groups on Saturday on its promise to hand power back to civilians, after mounting pressure from neighbouring countries in the weeks since it overthrew the nation’s leader. The West African country has long been plagued by instability, a simmering jihadist revolt, ethnic violence and endemic corruption, prompting a […]
Ousted Malian president, Keita, evacuated to UAE for medical treatment
Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, the Malian president ousted by a military coup in August, was evacuated late Saturday to the United Arab Emirates for medical treatment, a diplomat said. The 75-year-old’s health has been in question since he was hospitalized following his detention for 10 days by the military junta now in power. He left Mali […]
Mali junta chief visits ousted president in hospital
The head of Mali’s new junta on Thursday visited the man he ousted, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, at a hospital where the former president is being treated for a mini-stroke, family and medical sources said. “A delegation from the ruling military, led by Colonel Assimi Goita, visited (the) former president in the clinic,” a doctor told […]
Ousted Malian president hospitalised after mini-stroke
Former Malian president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who has not been seen in public since his August 18 ouster in a coup, has been hospitalised after suffering a brief stroke-like attack, a doctor said Wednesday. Keita, 75, was admitted to a private clinic in the capital Bamako on Tuesday evening, he said. “According to thorough analysis, […]
Mali Crisis: Ousted president, Keita, hospitalised at private clinic
Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, the Malian president ousted in a military coup last month, was hospitalized late Tuesday at a private clinic, intensifying fears about the 75-year-old’s health after being detained for 10 days by the junta now in power. Keita’s condition was not immediately known, and it was unclear whether he would be evacuated abroad […]
Mali situation a regional threat
IF the Malian political class, particularly the government of the deposed president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, had accepted the push for an interim government of national unity proposed by the former President Goodluck Jonathan-led ECOWAS mediation effort, perhaps the recent military coup might have been averted. Despite spirited efforts which forced President Muhammadu Buhari to leave […]
Mali protest movement proposes 2-year transition to civilian rule
The protest coalition that campaigned against former Mali president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has proposed that the military junta that ousted him organise a transition to civilian rule within 24 months, one of its leaders said Sunday. Military rulers received representatives of the June 5 Movement at the Kati barracks near Bamako late Saturday, after announcing […]
