West Africa to Confront Mali Coup Leader
While the coup has received support from some quarters in the capital, a regional delegation is expected to arrive in order to negotiate a return to democracy.-
Mali: Neighbours to Confront Coup Leaders
IPS, 28 March 2012
Mali's neighbours have threatened to use sanctions and a readiness to use military force to dislodge those behind last week's coup, urging them to quickly hand back power to… Read more »
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Mali: Ecowas to Call for Interim President
RFI, 28 March 2012
West African leaders may call for the speaker of Mali's parliament to become interim president following last week's military coup, Burkina Faso's foreign minister has told RFI. Read more »
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West Africa: Ecowas Chair to Lead High-Level Delegation to Mali
Ecowas, 28 March 2012
A high-level delegation of ECOWAS leaders led by the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government, President Alassane Ouattara of Cote d'Ivoire is due in Mali within… Read more »
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West Africa: Ecowas Suspends Mali
Ecowas, 28 March 2012
1. At the invitation of H.E. Alassane Dramane OUATTARA, President of the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire and current Chairman of ECOWAS, the Authority of Heads of State… Read more »
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West Africa: UN Rights Chief Praises Senegal Election, Urges Mali and Guinea-Bissau to Follow Suit
UN News, 28 March 2012
The United Nations human rights chief today congratulated Senegal for conducting peaceful, free, fair and transparent elections, and called on other West African countries, where… Read more »
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Mali: Nigerian Senate Urges Mali Junta to Return Power to Toure
Capital FM, 28 March 2012
The Nigerian Senate in Abuja on Tuesday asked the military junta in Mali to hand over power to President Amadou Toure. Read more »
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Mali: Uncertainty As All Sides Wonder, 'What Next?'
African Arguments, 28 March 2012
Nearly a week has passed since a group of mid-level officers led by Captain Sanogo carried out a coup d'etat in Mali's capital, Bamako. Read more »
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27 March 2012
Interview with Mali Coup Leader Amadou Sanogo
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- Al Jazeera English
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In an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera, army officer Amadou Sanogo, defended the coup he led, saying the president he deposed had failed the ... see more »
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Mali: Ousted President Touré is Safe - France
RFI, 27 March 2012
France says its ambassador to Mali has held a reassuring phone conversation with President Amadou Toumani Touré, whose fate had been unclear since he was ousted by renegade… Read more »
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West Africa: Ecowas Meets On Mali
New Dawn, 28 March 2012
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has held a one-day Extraordinary Summit on the current crisis in Mali. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf left here Tuesday for… Read more »
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West Africa: ECOWAS Leaders Discuss Situation in Mali
U.S. Embassy Abidjan, 26 March 2012
"Ouattara to destabilize Bamako's coup plotters," says a prominent headline in L'Intelligent d'Abidjan (p. 1). According to the paper, 15 heads of State from the West African… Read more »
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Mali: War Widows' Protest Sparked Army Mutiny
African Arguments, 27 March 2012
When the protest movement of Malian women erupted in the town of Kati on January 30, few took notice. The women were mostly "war widows" of Malian soldiers recently killed in… Read more »
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West Africa: ECOWAS Extra-Ordinary Summit in Abidjan On Situation in Mali
Ecowas, 26 March 2012
An extra-ordinary summit of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government will take place in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire on Tuesday, 27th March 2012 to discuss the political situation in Mali… Read more »
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West Africa: Setback for Democracy in Mali
Daily Trust, 27 March 2012
Two decades of democratic rule in one of the most stable democracies in Africa were rudely interrupted when reneged Malian soldiers led by Captain Amadou Sanogo attacked the… Read more »
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Africa: AU Suspends Mali Until Constitutional Order Returns
Vanguard, 23 March 2012
The African Union on Friday suspended Mali following a military coup and said it would send a joint team with the West African bloc ECOWAS to urge a return to constitutional order. Read more »
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Africa: Continent Meets Over Mali As World Condemns Coup
This Day, 23 March 2012
Mali's coup leaders faced a global backlash Friday with African security chiefs calling an emergency meeting after mutinous soldiers ousted the president just a month before a… Read more »
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Mali: Military Coup in Mali Is a Setback for Democracy On the African Continent, Critics Say
U.S. Embassy Abidjan, 23 March 2012
According to an op-ed released by Fraternite Matin (pp 2-3) the recent military coup in neighboring Mali where a junta overthrow President Alpha Toumani Toure is a step backward… Read more »
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Mali: Coup Makes Tuareg Rebellion At Its Heart Harder to Resolve
African Arguments, 23 March 2012
For the past decade, Mali has been incrementally portrayed as the poster-child of good democratic transition in West Africa and its president, Amadou Toumani Touré,… Read more »
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West Africa: ECOWAS Statement On the Disturbances in Bamako, Mali
Ecowas, 21 March 2012
The ECOWAS Commission has been following the unfolding events in Bamako, the capital of Mali, with dismay and mounting concern, following the mutiny by a section of the military at… Read more »
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West Africa: The Role of the AU and Ecowas in the Crisis
UNIRIN, 15 February 2011
IRIN has produced a series of briefings exploring the crisis in Côte d'Ivoire triggered by contested elections in November 2010. Read more »
InFocus
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In the wake of the coup that deposed President Amadou Toumani Touré, military junta leader Captain Amadou Sanogo has stressed a willingness to negotiate with rebel groups. Read more »
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After ordinary soldiers and junior officers mounted a coup against Mali's democratic government just ahead of elections, AllAfrica's publishing partners explain why the coup ... Read more »
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Un couvre-feu a été décrété mais la situation reste tendue dans la capitale Bamako où des tirs continuent d'être échangés. Le lieutenant Amadou Konaré a déclaré que les ... Read more »
