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W.African bloc again calls for 'swift' Mali civilian transition
The 15-nation Economic Community of West African States slapped sanctions on Mali after the putsch, including closing borders and a ban on trade and financial flows, and has called for elections within 12 months.
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Ecowas agrees Mali transitional government to last a year: Nigerian presidency
The 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) held a summit on Friday to discuss Mali’s future and whether to lift sanctions on the country following last week’s ousting of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.
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West African leaders to push Mali junta to hand over power within a year
The report, not published by ECOWAS but posted on several websites, also requires that civilians fill the posts of both president and prime minister.
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Mali junta says it has freed ousted president Keita
Keita’s whereabouts could not immediately be confirmed. His residence in Bamako appeared deserted at midday with no sign of the usual security presence outside, a local resident said, asking not to be named.
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EU freezes Mali training missions after military coup, denies responsibility
The two missions assisting Mali’s army and police are part of international efforts to stabilise Mali and extend the state’s authority, but the EU is facing questions about whether it inadvertently helped train the coup plotters.
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Mali suspended from international Francophone community over coup
Its leadership agreed the move at an extraordinary session held via videoconference, while adding that it would maintain any cooperation that would help the civilian population and a transition to democracy.
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No deal in Mali talks on return to civilian rule - negotiators
Ecowas sent a high-level delegation to Bamako on Saturday, led by former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan, to press its demands for the 'immediate return to constitutional order.'
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Mali junta wants three-year military rule, agrees to free president
Last week's coup, Mali's second in eight years, followed months of protests calling for Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to resign as public discontent with the government grew over the collapsing economy and a brutal Islamist insurgency.
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Four Mali soldiers killed in bomb blast - military source
The explosion in the Koro region, near Mali's border with Burkina Faso, comes just days after a military putsch against President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.
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Thousands join Mali rally to celebrate Keita's ouster
Thousands gathered in the capital's Independence Square, the birthplace of a months-long protest movement, many of them draped in Mali's national flag and blasting on vuvuzela horns.
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Mali junta releases two officials as coup supporters plan to rally
There has been no word from President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita since Tuesday, when he dissolved parliament and then resigned after being detained at gunpoint.
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Ecowas to send envoys to Mali, stands by ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita
Rebel soldiers on Tuesday launched a mutiny in a barracks on the outskirts of Bamako, detained Keita and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse, and declared they had taken power.
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Mali protest leader steps back as coup leaders promise election
The mutineers met Mahmoud Dicko, a Salafist preacher who electrified protesters during anti-Keita demonstrations in recent weeks that drew tens of thousands of people.
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Mali junta urges end to 'vandalism' and return to normality
Demonstrators notably torched the offices of the attorney of former justice minister Kassim Tapo.
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African Union suspends Mali's membership after coup
The suspension will last until constitutional order is restored, it said, demanding the release of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and other senior officials.
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AU chair Ramaphosa condemns ‘unconstitutional change of govt’ in Mali
The AU chairperson on Wednesday called for an immediate return to civilian rule and for the military to return to their barracks.
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Mali coup leaders pledge new elections after detaining president
Ibrahim Boubacar Keita's government had been beset by months of protests over economic stagnation, corruption and a brutal Islamist insurgency that has claimed thousands of lives.
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Mutinying soldiers detain Mali president and PM, deepening crisis
Keita’s detention at his residence in southwestern Bamako followed hours of uncertainty after soldiers mutinied in the morning at the Kati military base outside Bamako and rounded up a number of senior civilian officials and military officers.
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Mali govt urges dialogue with soldiers after base takeover
According to witnesses and officials, soldiers seized an important army base in the town of Kati, near the capital Bamako, on Tuesday morning.
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Mali forces fire tear gas to clear Bamako protesters
About 1,000 people spent the night on the streets of the capital Bamako, an AFP journalist said, before national guardsmen and gendarmes broke them up early in the morning.
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Mali protesters rally to demand president resign
The gathering marks the first time the June 5 Movement has staged a protest since 21 July, when the opposition group declared a temporary truce in a months-long push to topple Keita.
