A man armed with a knife lunged at Goita after prayers for Eid al-Adha on Tuesday A man accused of trying to kill Mali’s military strongman Assimi Goita, the figure behind two coups in less than a year, has died in custody, the government said on Sunday. The suspect, whose identity has not been revealed, … Read more
Mali has been struggling to contain an jihadist insurgency that first emerged in the north of the country in 2012. EKO HOT BLOG reports that two armed men, including one who wielded a knife, attacked Mali’s interim President Assimi Goita on Tuesday in the great mosque in the capital Bamako. The attack took place during … Read more
The President described Jonathan as an “astute mediator” and congratulated him “for his untiring efforts thus far” President Muhammadu Buhari hailed his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan during his address at the ECOWAS summit in Ghana. The President joined other Heads of State of Government for the mid-year statutory meeting of the regional bloc. The Nigerian leader … Read more
The statement by the Nigerian leader at the Summit also addressed other pertinent issues of concern in the organisation… President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday called on West African leaders to exert pressure on the military leadership in Mali to ensure that the transition process in the country is not aborted. He made the call in … Read more
Colonel Assimi Goita, who led the coup, was appointed transitional president by the country’s constitutional court four days ago. Mali has been suspended from the African Union following last week’s military coup – for the second time in nine months. The first was last August following a military coup – but the country was reinstated … Read more
West African leaders have suspended Mali from ECOWAS. EKO HOT BLOG reports that West African leaders decided at an extraordinary summit on Sunday to suspend Mali from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) bodies after a second coup in nine months by the poor Sahel country’s military, but stopped short of reimposing sanctions. … Read more
Goita had originally been named vice president with other key posts given to fellow army officers. Mali’s constitutional court on Friday named Colonel Assimi Goita, leader of the post-coup junta, as the country’s transitional president. The judgement stipulated that Goita would “exercise the functions of transitional president to lead the transition process to its conclusion”, … Read more
The reaction by the Federal Government comes amid fears of a military coup in Mali following the detention of the officials The Federal Government of Nigeria on Tuesday condemned the detention of Malian President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane by the military. In a statement signed on Tuesday by the spokesperson of the … Read more
“the mother and babies are doing well so far,” Twenty-five year old Malian woman, Halima Cisse, was on Tuesday delivered of nine babies in a Moroccan hospital, authorities in Mali have said Experts describe the seldom fecund occurrence as amazing birthing exploits. According to Yahoo news, the mother and the nine babies are in good … Read more
31 soldiers have been recorded dead in an attack in northern Mali this week, an army officer said Wednesday. The death occurred in one of the deadliest assaults on the military in the country this year. The army through social media made it known that dozens of assailants on motorbikes and pickup trucks on Monday … Read more
Mali Mali’s interim government on Thursday announced the composition of a new legislative body for the West African country’s transition to civilian rule, with the military retaining a strong role. Young army officers in the conflict-ridden Sahel state toppled president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on August 18 after weeks of anti-government protests. Under the threat of … Read more
French forces have killed Bah Moussa, a military leader of al-Qaida’s North Africa wing in Mali, Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly said on Friday. “This is a major success in the fight against terrorism that France is leading with its partners in the Sahel,” said Parly. “A historic figure of the jihadist movement in the … Read more
The International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF) has lifted the suspension it slammed on Mali following the military coup in the West African nation on August 8. This indication was given by the Secretary General of OIF, Ms. Louise Mushikiwabo, following her meeting with the Malian Prime Minister, Moctar Ouane, in Bamako, on Friday. The … Read more
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has lifted the sanction imposed on Mali The regional sociopolitical and economic body had imposed the sanction following the ouster of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita by military junta in August ECOWAS, in a statement, said: “Heads of state and government have decided to lift sanctions” in order to … Read more
Mali’s interim president, Bah Ndaw, chosen to head a transitional government following a coup last month, was sworn in during ceremonies in the capital Bamako on Friday. A committee appointed by the junta which seized power on August 18, toppling President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, selected Ndaw, a 70-year-old retired colonel, as interim president. Ndaw is … Read more
Mali Ex-dictator Moussa Traore on Friday, laid to rest Mali held a state funeral for ex-dictator Moussa Traore on Friday, attended by the head of the ruling military junta and other former leaders of the Sahel state, according to AFP journalists. Traore, who ruled Mali for 22 years before being deposed in a 1991 coup, … Read more
The head of Mali’s military junta, Colonel Assimi Goita, vowed to establish an 18-month transition government on Saturday, at the close of talks on returning the country to civilian rule following last month’s coup. An expert group appointed by the junta adopted a charter for an 18-month transition government, the president of which would either … Read more
The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, has joined ECOWAS Heads of State and Government, imploying the military junta in Mali to set an acceptable time table for the country’s return to democracy. The president, in virtual and third Extraordinary Summit of ECOWAS on the socio-political crisis in Mali, said that Mali as a … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has given his backing to the declaration by the Economic Community of West African States demanding a 12-month transition process to civilian rule in Mali. President Buhari who attended the ECOWAS Heads of State and Governments virtual meeting on Friday, charged the military junta to set an acceptable timetable for a return … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently attending the second extraordinary summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Heads of State and Government over the socio-political situation in Mali. Ekohotblog had on Thursday, August 27, reporter that the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States will on … Read more