The Special Envoy of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to Mali, former President Goodluck Jonathan says President Muhammadu Buhari and some ECOWAS leaders may embark on reconciliation mission to Mali. Jonathan, who headed the ECOWAS mediation team on Mali’s lingering political crisis, disclosed this when he fielded questions from State House correspondents in […]

Says completing legacy projects of past administrations’ way to go Briefs President on Mali crisis By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday commended President Muhammadu Buhari for completing legacy projects of previous administrations, saying it is the best way to go. The former President, who is the ECOWAS Special Envoy to […]

—Says completing legacy projects of past administrations’ way to go –Briefs President on Mali crisis By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA — FORMER President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday commended President Muhammadu Buhari for completing legacy projects of previous administrations, saying it is the best way to go. The former President, who is the ECOWAS Special Envoy to […]

Malian leaders are gearing up for more mediation talks on Thursday, when four African presidents will fly to the country in a  bid to resolve its deepening political crisis. The leaders of Ivory Coast, Ghana, Senegal and Niger are all due to arrive in the country, according to an official from Mali’s presidency, saying that […]

Mali’s protest movement on Friday pressed on with a demand for embattled President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to quit, as international mediators tried to defuse the crisis in the insurgency-riven country. At a press conference in the capital Bamako, the June 5 Movement also insisted that the West African state’s parliament be dissolved, and called for […]

By Dirisu Yakubu ABUJA- Nigeria’s immediate past President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has been appointed by the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, as a special envoy to lead the sub-regional body’s mediation mission in Mali. This was made known in a statement issued by his media adviser, Ikechukwu Eze on Tuesday. As a […]

Mali’s embattled President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita announced the dissolution of the constitutional court on Saturday in an attempt to calm major civil unrest in the vulnerable African country. Mali’s constitutional court has been at the centre of controversy for months since it overturned provisional results for a parliamentary poll, triggering protests in several cities. These […]

Protesters in Mali’s capital Bamako blocked two of the city’s main bridges and hurled stones at the parliament Friday, AFP journalists said, during a protest against President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. Thousands gathered in a central square to demand the president resign over the country’s long-running jihadist conflict and economic woes. They then rallied outside the parliament […]

Mali’s protest leaders stepped up pressure on President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Sunday, calling for more demonstrations and his resignation hours after meeting with him for talks. The protest movement in Mali has brought thousands to the streets, channelling deep frustration over jihadist violence and inter-ethnic attacks that have forced thousands from their homes since […]

Mali’s beleaguered President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita’s attempts to soften his iron-fisted image appear to be falling flat as a newly energised opposition intensifies calls for his resignation over continuing bloodshed in the poor Sahel country. A newly formed opposition coalition of religious leaders, politicians and civil society figures has rallied tens of thousands to take […]