Mali coup

Mali's former defence minister, Ba N'Daou, has been named as president of the country's new transition government. N’Daou will oversee the 18-month transition period in which election is expected to be conducted to usher in a new…

Soldiers that seized power in Mali have agreed to release ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, while proposing a three year military rule. Last week’s coup, which is Mali’s second in eight years — followed months of protests…

Malian army officer, Colonel Assimi Goita, has declared himself as the coup leader who overthrew president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Tuesday, August 18. Rebel soldiers detained the president and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse and drove…

Federal Government has condemned the coup d’état that took place in Mali on Tuesday, August 18, and called for the restoration of constitutional order. It would be recalled that rebel soldiers took President Ibrahim Keita and Prime…