Vol 61 No 16 | MALIECOWAS The Presidents' club backs Keïta 28th July 2020 An emergency summit has given full backing to the President but leaves grave doubts about his chances of forming a national unity government The 27 July online summit of West African leaders has given full, emphatic backing to President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (IBK) in his confrontation with the opposition and threatened...
Vol 61 No 14 | MALI Keïta clings on 9th July 2020 A deal that could end the deadlock that has brought thousands to the streets demanding the President’s resignation is edging closer News that on 5 July the beleaguered head of state President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (IBK) had held talks with Mahmoud Dicko, the conservative imam whose mass mobilising appeal...
Vol 61 No 12 | MALI Keïta cornered 11th June 2020 Nearly a week after the charismatic conservative imam Mahmoud Dicko led tens of thousands of demonstrators onto the streets of Bamako demanding President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta's resignation, the...
Vol 61 No 7 | MALICOVID-19 Voters self-isolate 2nd April 2020 Malians voted with their feet, choosing to protect themselves from the Covid-19 virus rather than cast ballots in parliamentary elections on 29 March. The turnout fell to 5%...
Vol 61 No 4 | MALI Terrorists at the table 20th February 2020 President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta says his envoy Dioncounda Traoré had his full authority to initiate talks with jihadist chiefs Iyad ag Ghaly and Amadou Koufa – after years...
Vol 61 No 3 | MALI Putschist walks free 6th February 2020 The leader of the 2012 failed military coup, and suspect in the torture and murder of multiple Red Beret paratroopers opposed to his putsch, Amadou Haya Sanogo,...
Vol 61 No 1 | MALI Advantage jihadists 9th January 2020 Domestic political jockeying and stop-start funding for peacekeeping leave Bamako a sitting target for the Islamist insurgents For President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta the new year brings renewed diplomatic pressure – and not just from an international community exasperated by the lack of progress in implementing...
Vol 60 No 22 | MALISAHEL Islamic state onslaught 7th November 2019 The death of at least 49 Malian soldiers in an attack on their base at Indélimane on 1 November confirms the continued potency of Islamic State in the...
Vol 60 No 19 | MALI The talking cure 27th September 2019 The President wants a ‘national dialogue’ about the political and security crises but only on his terms Final preparations are under way for an 'Inclusive National Dialogue' widely seen as Mali's last hope for progress towards resolution of the seven-year-long political crisis. Some see it...
Vol 60 No 13 | MALI Militia starts scare 28th June 2019 At first sight, it looked like ethnic cleansing by communiqué. The predominantly Dogon militia Dana Ambassagou, led by Youssouf Toloba, issued a statement on 17 June to the...