Oumar Mariko

But there is little tolerance for critics and it has opened moves to shut down Solidarité africaine pour la démocratie et l'indépendance (SADI) the political party of the exiled veteran radical Oumar Mariko who in November accused the regime of committing war crimes in the north (AC Vol 63 No 7 Goïta's junta cracks down mercilessly & Vol 64 No 24 Junta falls out with its fanbase)...

Opposition politician Oumar Mariko has been in custody awaiting trial since December after criticising Maïga...

The firebrand left-winger Oumar Mariko will probably keep his seat (AC Vol 61 No 3 Putschist walks free)...

Releasing Sanogo also makes political sense for President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta's ruling coalition as it steers him away from confrontation with southern-based populists and radicals like Oumar Mariko who see Sanogo as a hero in the 29 March parliamentary election...

Tiébélé Dramé Modibo Sidibé and the firebrand Oumar Mariko are also getting into gear...

Opponents of the government like ex-foreign minister Tiébélé Dramé former Prime Minister Modibo Sidibé and Oumar Mariko the Secretary General of the Solidarité africaine pour la démocratie et l 'indépendance are likely to run but they will fail to convince a large enough part of the electorate (AC Vol 53 No 8 The north and south of it)...

Bamako newspapers have also implicated maverick opposition politician Oumar Mariko...

France's perceived refusal to move against the MNLA has played into the hands of groups such as Oumar Mariko's Mouvement populaire du 22 mars an opposition movement hostile to Serval (AC Vol 53 No 20 Come if you must)...

His sympathisers in the vocal nationalist and anti-ECOWAS camp such as Oumar Mariko are also weakened and the target of bitter attacks in the Bamako press much of it politically sponsored...

Among Ecowas’s fiercest critics have been former Culture Minister Aminata Dramane Traoré and a former student leader and founder of SADI Oumar Mariko (AC Vol 53 No 12 Sanogo ponders compromise & Pushing the putsch)...