Les propos de Kaou Djim sont juste un manque de respect envers ce grand peuple du Mali comment peut-on dire librement que nous allons changer la charte, comme si nous sommes dans un état où un ou deux individus feront ceux qu’ils veulent du serment de tout un peuple ou il se croit dans son salon où il fera tous ...

The United Nations Integrated Multidimensional Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) today released the report of its investigation into human rights violations and abuses committed during the July 10-13, 2020 protests in Mali. The UN mission deployed a special fact-finding mission from July 20 to August 17, 2020, composed of 30 human rights officers, a child protection officer, and two forensic ...

Bamako [Mali]: Malian transition authorities have announced the names of 121 members of a new legislative body, the National Transitional Council (CNT), two and a half months after a military coup in the Western African nation. The August 18 military uprising in Mali overthrew then-President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita from power and established the National Committee for the Salvation of the ...

Former Defense Minister and retired Col. Maj. Bah N’Daw, right, is sworn into the office of transitional president, and Col. Assimi Goita, left, head of the junta that staged the Aug. 18 coup, is sworn into the office of transitional vice president, at a ceremony in the capital Bamako, Mali, Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. Mali’s political class and civil society ...

The statutory framework of oil and gas cuts across the ownership, control, operation of oil and gas in Nigeria. Various legislations govern oil and gas investment in Nigeria. Section 44(3) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), the Land Use Act and Petroleum Act vests the exclusive control, ownership, and management of oil and gas in ...

Members of military junta that seized power in August get key posts ANKARA The Malian prime minister has announced a 25-member Cabinet, with members of the military junta that seized power in August getting key posts, state broadcaster ORTM reported late Monday. Interim president Bah Ndaw appointed former foreign minster Moctar Ouane, 64, as premier late last month, following pressure ...

Organization: PSI  Posted: 5 Oct 2020  Closing date: 16 Oct 2020 PSI Department: Sexual and Reproductive HealthProject Overview PSI’s Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Department supports programs in 37 countries (and counting) to deliver high-quality family planning and safe abortion services to women and girls. Among the department’s current projects is Delivering Innovation in Self-Care (DISC)—a five-year intervention that is funded ...

Colonel Goïta addressing the press following the coup. Following months of protests against the Malian government under Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (IBK), on Aug 18, the military staged a coup d’état. Led by Assimi Goïta, the 37-year-old colonel declared the formation of a National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP). These protests have come at a time where Mali ...

Former foreign minister Moctar Ouane was named as Mali’s interim prime minister, state television said on Sunday, a move likely to trigger the lifting of sanctions imposed by the West Africa regional bloc in the aftermath of the military coup last month. BAMAKO: Former foreign minister Moctar Ouane was named as Mali’s interim prime minister, state television said on Sunday, ...

BAMAKO – Former foreign minister Moctar Ouane was named as Mali’s interim prime minister, state television said on Sunday, a move likely to trigger the lifting of sanctions imposed by the West Africa regional bloc in the aftermath of the military coup last month. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said on Friday it would lift sanctions, which ...

Mali’s new interim president will have 18 months to restore civilian rule. During the transition, he will have another colonel who played a key role in the August coup by his side. The former defense minister and highly decorated retired colonel, Bah N’Daw, was on Monday named interim president. The leadership of the junta said the 70-year-old would oversee the ...

Bah Ndaw, seen here in white, was sworn in at a ceremony in the capital, Bamoko Mali’s new president has been sworn into office, five weeks after the overthrow of Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta. Former Defence Minister Bah Ndaw, 70, was picked by the coup leader, Colonel Assimi Goita, to head a transitional government until elections, which are expected in 18 ...

Mali’s new interim president will have 18 months to restore civilian rule. During the transition, he will have another colonel who played a key role in the August coup by his side. The former defense minister and highly decorated retired colonel, Ba N’Daou, was on Monday named interim president. The leadership of the junta said the 70-year-old would oversee the 18-month ...

* Former defence minister to become president * Junta leader says he will be vice president * Regional leaders seek civilian rule (Adds quote by protest leader, ECOWAS visit) BAMAKO – Former Mali defence minister and retired colonel Bah Ndaw was named interim president on Monday while the leader of the junta that seized power last month, Colonel Assimi Goita, ...

On September 17, Mali’s Junta announced that it was working to meet the demands of West Africa’s regional bloc about the transitional government. On September 17, Mali’s Junta announced that it was working to meet the demands of West Africa’s regional bloc about the transitional government. As per reports, As per reports, the move comes after Junta’s meeting with 6 West ...

 A delegation from M5-RFP, who have organised large protests in Mali since June, wait in a meeting room at the CNSP (National Committee for the Salvation of the People) headquarters on the military base in Kati, Mali, just outside of Bamako, on August 26, 2020. Mali’s ruling junta will try to convince regional leaders to accept its road map for ...

As Mali’s junta tried to hash out a political roadmap with West African leaders in Ghana on Tuesday, the 18-month transition plan agreed by the military just days ago is being contested in Bamako by the popular opposition protest group. “A delegation from the junta went to Accra to negotiate and discuss the fate of Mali without involving the M5-RFP ...

Malian Armed Forces troops. The M5-RFP coalition in Mali that led anti-government protests before last month’s coup rejected a political charter pushed through by the ruling junta on Saturday, M5-RFP said. After three days of talks with political leaders and civil society groups, the junta roadmap was meant to chart an agreed transition after the August 18 coup and reassure ...

Last month’s coup was well received by a large number of civilians Opposition groups called for a boycott of the assembly in Mali in protest of a coup d’état last August, which rejected a transitional agreement in Kirundi. On Saturday, the leaders of the ruling military faction accepted the 18-month-old transitional government until the election. The transitional agreement was reached ...

The coalition said the charter did not reflect the results of negotiations with the military, which seized power last month. The final plan reversed a pledge to have a civilian or military president for 18 months. Mali’s popular opposition movement on Sunday said it had rejected a political charter for an 18-month transition government, backed by the ruling junta. “M5-RFP ...

Ghana is getting ready to host a consultative meeting to propose solutions to the political crises in Mali amid a current military rule. The meeting has been convened by the newly elected Chairman for the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) President Nana Akufo-Addo. This has become necessary following a military coup that forced the elected President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta ...

BAMAKO – The M5-RFP coalition in Mali that led anti-government protests before last month’s coup has rejected a political charter pushed through by the ruling junta on Saturday, M5-RFP said. After three days of negotiations with political leaders and civil society groups, the junta’s roadmap was meant to chart an agreed transition for Mali after the Aug. 18 coup that ...

Mali’s military leaders have pushed through a political charter which allows for a soldier to become interim president despite objections from the coalition that led anti-government protests before last month’s coup.  The charter says the interim president can be a civilian or a soldier and will preside over an 18-month transitional period before elections are held, said Moussa Camara, spokesperson for the talks. He added ...

People hold a banner showing Col. Assimi Goita, leader of the junta which is now running Mali and calls itself the National Committee for the Salvation of the People, as they demonstrate to show support for the junta in the capital Bamako, Mali, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. Placard at left in French reads “An army-led transition”. Security forces fire tear ...

Charter says soldier could be interim leader, despite objections from group that led protests before last month’s coup. International powers, fearful that political instability will undermine a fight against armed groups across the region, have pushed for a swift transition back to civilian rule Mali’s military government has pushed through a political charter to establish an 18-month transition government that ...

BAMAKO – The M5-RFP coalition in Mali that led anti-government protests before last month’s coup has rejected a political charter pushed through by the ruling junta on Saturday, M5-RFP said. After three days of negotiations with political leaders and civil society groups, the junta’s roadmap was meant to chart an agreed transition for Mali after the Aug. 18 coup that ...

What is the fate of Malians? Can ECOWAS be taken seriously? Military rule cannot be an acceptable solution to the Malian crisis. ECOWAS and the international community should be willing to use both “soft” and “hard” power to return the military to their barracks. On August 18, the Malian military – led by Colonel Assimi Goïta – struck, overthrowing the ...

BAMAKO – Mali’s ruling junta pushed through a political charter on Saturday that could lead to the appointment of a soldier as interim president despite objections from the coalition that led anti-government protests before last month’s coup. Approval for the roadmap, meant to chart the country’s course after the Aug. 18 coup that toppled President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, came after ...

The first day of consultations over Mali’s political future kicked off with police firing tear gas to disperse supporters of an alliance of political parties, a sign of a deepening rift over who should lead the post-coup transitional government. We want a civilian as president of the transition, not a soldier,” said Bakary Keita, a senior member of M5-RFP. The ...

BAMAKO – Police fired tear gas to disperse campaigners for civilian rule before substantive talks over Mali’s political future began on Thursday, a sign of a deepening rift over who should lead the post-coup transitional government. About 100 supporters of the M5-RFP coalition, which led months of mass demonstrations against deposed President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, clashed with police at the ...