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BAMAKO, Mali — Mali’s junta leader fired Prime Minister Choguel Maïga and the government on Wednesday, days after Maïga criticized the military regime. Mali has been ruled by military leaders since a junta seized power in 2020 and staged another coup the following year. Maïga, who was appointed by the military two years ago, accused the junta of postponing the …

In June, Mali’s military government, which seized power in 2020, demanded the departure of the decade-old mission. The mission, known as the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, lowered the UN flag in its headquarters in the capital Bamako, its spokesperson Fatoumata Kaba told the AFP news agency on Monday. A decade of MINUSMA In June, Mali’s military government, …

BAMAKO, Mali — Mali’s military government has postponed a presidential election that was expected to return the West African nation to democracy following a 2020 coup, a government spokesperson said Monday. The presidential election scheduled for February 2024 is being delayed for “technical reasons” to allow the transitional government to review its election data and to address a new constitutional …

Mali’s military government says its security forces thwarted an attempted coup, led by army officers and supported by an unnamed Western state, last week. The government’s announcement on Monday comes after years of turmoil in Mali, where Colonel Assimi Goita led coups in 2020 and 2021 before becoming president of the West African nation. However, relations with former coloniser France …

Regional body to close borders with Mali and impose economic sanctions after coup leaders postponed the vote. West Africa’s main regional bloc will close borders with Mali and impose sweeping economic sanctions in response to delays holding promised elections after a 2020 military coup, the bloc has said. The 15-member bloc said it had agreed to impose additional sanctions with …

ECOWAS meeting comes after months of increasing tensions over the timetable for restoring civilian rule in Mali after a military takeover in 2020. West African leaders are gathering to discuss Mali’s political crisis with the military government about submitting a new timeframe for a transition back to civilian rule at the last minute after its first proposal was rejected. The …

The military-dominated government holds a national conference as a chance to foster change following the August 2020 coup. Mali’s military-dominated government has launched a four-day national forum on returning the country to civilian rule following the country’s August 2020 coup. The meeting “will make an unflinching assessment of the state of the nation draw the best lessons from it”, Mali’s …

DAKAR, Senegal — A timeline of key events in Mali that led to another power grab in the troubled West African nation. September 12, 2020 — Mali’s military junta agrees to an 18-month transitional government headed by a military or civilian leader that will pave the way to elections. Sept. 21, 2020 — The head of Mali’s military junta, Col. …

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