BAMAKO / LONDON (Reuters) – An important meeting on Saturday between Mali’s coups and West African regional bloc mediators seeking a return to civilian rule ended just 20 minutes later. Tuesday’s reversal of Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has been condemned abroad but celebrated by many in a country struggling …
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Opposition leaders in Mali have taken to the streets in central Bamako to celebrate the military coup overthrowing President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who called for a “victory for the Malian people”. Thousands gathered on Friday in the capital’s Independence Square, the birthplace of a months-long protest movement, many of them …
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A delegation of West African leaders has arrived in Mali in an effort to push for a speedy return to civilian government following a military coup drawn up after weeks of anti-government protests. Cheerful opposition leaders took to the streets of the capital, Bamako, to march on Tuesday after military …
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ABUJA, Nigeria – The leaders of the coup that ousted Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita spent most of the year training in Russia before returning to oust the democratically elected leader at gunpoint, according to sources in the Malian army. The rebels on Tuesday seized control of Mali’s largest military …
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BAMAKO (Reuters) – West African presidents plan to fly to Mali as regional powers escalate efforts to overthrow a coup, two sources said after an opposition coalition joined the junta in rejecting foreign interference. A screenshot shows a teleconference during the Extraordinary Summit of the Economic Community of West African …
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