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  • Former President of Mali, Ibrahim Keita is dead

    Former President of Mali, Ibrahim Keita is dead

    Former President of Mali, Ibrahim Keita is dead.

    The former leader who was ousted in a military putsch led by young officers died at the age of 74

    According to a family member and several others, the “President IBK died on Sunday at 0900 GMT in his home” in Bamako.

    Although, the cause of Keita’s death wasn’t stated.

    But it would be recalled that Keita suffered a mini-stroke in 2020 and was sent to the United Arab Emirates for treatment.

    This was coming after Keita was forced out of office on August 18, 2020, by young military officers who staged an uprising at a base near Bamako before heading into the city, where they seized Keita and other leaders.

    Keita was two years into his second five-year term when he was deposed by the military.

    In the weeks before the coup, he was reported to be struggling with protests fed by his handling of a jihadist insurgency and failure to turn around Mali’s floundering economy.

    Under pressure from the West African bloc ECOWAS, the junta who emerged from the rebellion released Keita on August 27 and returned him to his residence in Bamako, under surveillance.

    The ruling junta would stage another coup in May 2021.

  • New Malian authorities determine fate of ousted president

    New Malian authorities determine fate of ousted president

    The new Malian authorities that came to power after the recent coup are discussing with Senegal the possible deportation of detained President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to Senegal, a Malian military source told Sputnik.

    “There are talks with Senegal on his (Keita’s) deportation (to Senegal)” the source said on late Thursday.

    The coup began on Tuesday at the Kati military base near the Malian capital of Bamako.

    The rebels detained Keita, Prime Minister Boubou Cisse, and some other senior government officials.

    Keita then announced his resignation and dissolution of the parliament.

    The rebel leaders established the National Committee for the Salvation of the People as Mali’s new governing body.

    The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) announced on Thursday plans to send a high-ranking delegation to Mali to help restore constitutional order in the country.
    ECOWAS wants to seek the reinstatement of Keita as the Malian president.

  • BREAKING: Putschists in Mali set up transitional government

    BREAKING: Putschists in Mali set up transitional government

    Mali’s putschists soldiers on Wednesday announced the creation of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP) to lead a political transition toward general elections following the resignation of President Ibrahim Keita.

    The spokesperson of the Mutineers, Col.-Maj. Ismael Wague, said this in a statement read on national television.

    “We are not keen on power, but on the stability of the country, which will allow us to organise general elections within a reasonable time-frame to allow Mali to equip itself with strong institutions that are capable of managing our daily lives.

    “In order to prevent the country from sinking, we, the patriotic forces gathered together in the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP), have decided to take our responsibilities to ensure the continuity of the state and public services,” Wague said.

    The spokesperson also announced a series of decisions coming into force on Wednesday until further notice, including the closure of all air and land borders, and a 9 p.m.-5 a.m. curfew.

    The CNSP invited civil society and socio-political movements to join in order to create “the best conditions for a better civil transition leading to credible elections.”

    A mutiny broke out at the Soundiata Keita camp in Kati early Tuesday, where Malian president Keita and his prime minister were detained by mutinous soldiers.

    Subsequently, President Keita late on Tuesday announced his resignation and the dissolution of the National Assembly and the government on national television.

    The seizure of power by the mutinous soldiers has been strongly condemned by several countries and regional and international organisations.

    In 2012, a coup that overthrew then President Amadou Toure, a few months before the end of his mandate, also began with a mutiny at the same camp in Kati, 15 km from the Malian capital, Bamako.