The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the country’s premier Film Trade Association Body, has announced good news for cinema lovers on the occasion of the International Cinema Day. Opeyemi Ajayi, the chairman of the…
NEWS: Mali junta set the stage for lifting…
Mali's junta has removed a major obstacle to the lifting of ECOWAS sanctions. On Thursday it took out a major prerogative devolved to their transition leader who is supposed to bring civilians back to power…
NEWS: ECOWAS leaders set to meet with Mali…
Mali's junta must title a civilian meantime leader on Tuesday, as the army chiefs meet with West African leaders who are additionally calling for fresh elections within a year. The 15-nation regional bloc known as…
Breaking: ECOWAS, Mali to meet after opposition rejection…
The opposition coalition which led mass protests in Mali ahead of last month's coup has rejected a transition charter to establish an 18-month interim government until an election could take place. It followed three days…
Mali: Leaders Discuss 2-year Transition Civilian Government
A proposal to appoint a two-year transitional civilian government, heavily influenced by the military junta is being debated in Mali The proposal, made by junta-appointed experts, has been submitted to about 500 participants from political…
Mali Junta Launches ‘Consultation’ Amid Handover Pressure
Mali's military junta on Thursday launched a three-day "national consultation" with political parties, unions and NGOs, facing questions at home and pressure from abroad over its plans for returning the country to civilian rule. Around…
Former Malian President Keita Hospitalised in Private Clinic
Not long after being released from the 10-day detention imposed by the military coup leaders, the National Committee for the Salvation of the People, the ousted Malian president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was hospitalised late Tuesday…
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.…
Mali’s coup leaders want military rule for three…
The junta that seized strength in Mali wants a military-led transitional physique to rule for three years and has agreed to release ousted president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, a supply in a travelling West African delegation…
ECOWAS optimist over talks with military junta in…
The ECOWAS envoy, which arrived in Mali saturday for talks with the military junta, has called on restoring power in the country to a civilian government. The head ECOWAS delegate highlighted the efforts of Mali's…
Politics: Malian Junta in Talks with Keita’s Camp
Talks for the Transition The National Committee for the Salvation of the People — the military junta who ousted from power now ex-president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, under the leadership of Colonel Assimi Goita, have been…
Global calls for release of Mali’s ousted president
The international community condemned the rebellion in Mali and called for the immediate release of the ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who resigned on Wednesday. Rebelling soldiers detained the now-former president a day earlier, throwing…
Political breakthrough” or crisis scenario in Mali.
Mali's military ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who announced his resignation early Wednesday in the fragile West African State, which is battling an Islamic insurgency in the north of the country. “I don’t want a…
Finding a solution for Mali’s population will be…
Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita announced his resignation on Wednesday after the military detained him, putting the West African country into a deeper crisis as it fights jihadism in the Sahel. Keita was the target…
NEWS: President of Mali resigns following military mutiny
Mali's president announced his resignation and the dissolving of parliament early Wednesday after he was arrested by means of mutinying soldiers. "I desire no blood to be spilled to maintain me in power," Ibrahim Boubacar…
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…
Politics: Mali opposition rejects Keita talks offer
Mali's opposition has rejected an offer to meet with President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in order to defuse a months-long political crisis. Nigeria's former-president Goodluck Jonathan, who is chief international mediator in the crisis, proposed the…
NEWS: Malians once again take to the streets…
Thousands of human beings proven again on Tuesday in Mali's capital Bamako, traumatic the resignation of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, who got here to electricity in 2013. Protesters not noted calls from the Economic Unity…
NEWS: West Africa blocks calls for reconciliation in…
West African leaders on Monday referred to as for the swift advent of a cohesion government in Mali and a fresh vote after disputed elections, but warned of sanctions towards these opposing efforts to cease…
