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He spent a few hours in Bamako before flying off to N'Djamena this afternoon: Macky Sall, president of Senegal and chairman of the African Union, met in particular with the Malian transitional president, Colonel Assimi Goita. One-on-one, extended working…

The Togolese president began his mediation by receiving two Ivorian and Malian delegations in Lomé for the first time, after Togo was appointed as a mediator for the crisis between the two countries. Faure Gnassingbé discusses with the two main characters in…

The Support Group for Islam and Muslims (Jnim, its acronym in Arabic) claimed responsibility on Saturday, July 23, for the attack committed yesterday against the camp in the garrison town of Kati. The…

In Mali, Colonel Assimi Goïta, President of the Transition, performed the Eid el-Kébir prayer on Saturday, July 9, with the Muslim community in Mali. As during the Ramadan celebrations, the head of state prayed in the banquet hall of the Koulouba Palace, which…

On Tuesday, June 28, the government presented its draft chronogram, election calendar. The Minister of Territorial Administration and the Government's spokesman, Colonel Abdoulaye Maïga, had therefore called on the political parties and civil society to give them the deadlines chosen, for the next election therefore, but also for the most important reforms. What are the most important dates chosen? The date of the presidential election is scheduled for February 2024. This is not a surprise as the authorities had already…

ECOWA's mediator for Mali, former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, arrived in Bamako on Thursday afternoon, June 23, and left this Friday at noon. Another visit, as fast as it was discreet: neither ECOWAS nor the Malian transitional authorities wanted to…

While the debate on the new election law in Mali has focused mainly on the differences between the Transitional National Council and the government, the text, including in its version amended by the members of the CNT, may allow Colonel Assimi Goïta to run for…

While the National Transitional Council (CNT) passed the new election law on Friday, June 17, the text must now be promulgated by the transitional president, Colonel Assimi Goïta. The text proposed by the government was profoundly changed by the members of the…

In Mali, the new election law was passed on Friday afternoon. By a very large majority, but with many modifications to the original text, which the government had proposed. The new election law is intended to improve the organization of future elections: more…

At the end of the morning on Friday, the transitional legislature will vote on the validation or rejection, very unlikely, of this much-anticipated text. It is a flagship measure in the action plan of Prime Minister Choguel Maïga, which is intended to put an…