Mali

In Mali, Vice President Colonel Assimi Goïta does not hide that he wants to be at the center of the transition. It is not yet known if he will go to the end or if the suit will be too loose but since the departure of President Bah N'Daw he is in front of the stage and behaves like the country's real strongman. as reported from…

Mali's ousted interim president and prime minister have been released after being arrested and detained by the military for three days in a blatant second military coup in nine months, an assistant to the vice president said on Thursday. Interim President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane were taken to a military base outside the capital on Monday, triggering a political crisis in the West African country and threatening sanctions from the major powers. The two men resigned while in custody on…

The leaders of the military junta, which took power for the first time in August 2020, have just renewed themselves. Their leader, Assimi Goïta, told foreign mediators who came to see him on Wednesday, May 26, that he himself took matters into his own hands at the moment after the departure of Bah N'Daws and Moctar Ouane. What is its room for maneuver vis-à-vis the Malian political class and the…

President Bah N'Daw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane resigned on Wednesday, May 26, are not in favor of international mediation, led by ECOWAS, which has already mentioned possible sanctions. Everything goes very fast. No decision has been announced yet, but sanctions can be adopted quickly. Penalties have been swung since…

Mali will form a new government after the country's interim president and prime minister's resignation as part of a mediation effort on Wednesday, after they were arrested in a blatant second military coup in nine months, a top aide said. President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane, tasked with directing the return to civilian rule after a coup last August, had been held since Monday and resigned "before the mediator," said Baba Cisse, special adviser to junata boss Assimi Goita. Cisse said…

President Bah Ndaw and Malia's Prime Minister have resigned. The Trojan delegation, made up of representatives of ECOWAS, the African Union and the United Nations, was in Kati, where they had been since they were arrested on Monday 24 May to meet them. as reported from Bamako, Serge DanielPresident Bah Ndaw and Malia's Prime…

Colonel Assimi Goïta, who already fell from IBK nine months ago, has therefore just rejected the president of the transition, Bah N'Daw, and his prime minister, Moctar Ouane. Even though he was officially vice president, the colonel was and still is the strong man in the country.Yes, exclaims Informantri Bamako, “Bah N'Daw, Moctar Ouane and Colonel Assimi Goïta, who decides? All indications are that the first two should…

The powerful man of Malian power, Colonel and Vice President Assimi Goïta, returned on Tuesday in a statement on the reasons why the army arrested the president and prime minister. But what do we know about the reasons for this coup? Was the Vice President right to make such a decision and what does it reveal about the Malian transition? To talk about it, our guest is Bréma Ely Dicko, a sociologist and…

ECOWAS mediator Goodluck Jonathan arrived in Bamako yesterday, Tuesday 25 May in the afternoon, to try to unblock the crisis caused by the new coup by the Putchists in August 2020. Discussions were held. Started last night last Tuesday in Bamako, between Goodluck Jonathan and his delegation on one side, and on the other, members of the ex-junta.…

Since Monday night, the president and prime minister of the transition have been held by soldiers at Kati base, a few kilometers from Bamako. On Tuesday, Colonel Assimi Goïta, Vice President of the Transition and leader of the junta who led the coup in August 2020, released them from their powers. A situation that worries several civil society organizations, as well as the largest trade union center in…