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Mali: Junta NCSP Releases Former PM Boubou Cissé

Out of Detention The former Malian Prime Minister, Boubou Cissé, and President of the National Assembly, Moussa Timbine have been freed by the junta known as the National Committee for the Salvation of the People. This follows the earlier release of the now ex-president Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta on Thursday — barely ten days after the […]

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African Parliament condemns Mali ‘s military mutiny

The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) has condemned the army mutiny currently underway in Mali, saying it rejects any attempt at an unconstitutional alternate of government.    “The Pan-African Parliament strongly condemns the arrest of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse through mutinying soldiers and demands their on the spot release,” the continental parliament […]

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Nigeria: President Buhari finally wears face mask

Nigerians finally get to see their president with a face mask since the coronavirus pandemic started. Muhammadu Buhari has never been sighted with a mask through his official engagements back home. But that changed when he arrived in the Malian capital Bamako where he was captured for the first time in a medical mask when […]

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Mali PM promises an ‘open’ government amid mass protests

Malian Prime Minister Boubou Cisse promised to rapidly form a government “open to facing the challenges of the day,” adding the death toll from the country’s unrest had risen to four. Violence broke out at mass protests in the capital Bamako on Friday demanding President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resign over a long-running conflict, and economic […]