West Africa

Colonel Assimi Goïta, who already fell from IBK nine months ago, has therefore just rejected the president of the transition, Bah N'Daw, and his prime minister, Moctar Ouane. Even though he was officially vice president, the colonel was and still is the strong man in the country.Yes, exclaims Informantri Bamako, “Bah N'Daw, Moctar Ouane and Colonel Assimi Goïta, who decides? All indications are that the first two should…

The powerful man of Malian power, Colonel and Vice President Assimi Goïta, returned on Tuesday in a statement on the reasons why the army arrested the president and prime minister. But what do we know about the reasons for this coup? Was the Vice President right to make such a decision and what does it reveal about the Malian transition? To talk about it, our guest is Bréma Ely Dicko, a sociologist and…

ECOWAS mediator Goodluck Jonathan arrived in Bamako yesterday, Tuesday 25 May in the afternoon, to try to unblock the crisis caused by the new coup by the Putchists in August 2020. Discussions were held. Started last night last Tuesday in Bamako, between Goodluck Jonathan and his delegation on one side, and on the other, members of the ex-junta.…

Since Monday night, the president and prime minister of the transition have been held by soldiers at Kati base, a few kilometers from Bamako. On Tuesday, Colonel Assimi Goïta, Vice President of the Transition and leader of the junta who led the coup in August 2020, released them from their powers. A situation that worries several civil society organizations, as well as the largest trade union center in…

On Tuesday in Abuja, during the summit of the Lake Chad Basin Commission, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari launched a wide-ranging appeal for support for the Transitional Military Council in Chad. as reported from Abuja, Mois GomisFor the first time in its history, the Lake Chad Basin Commission dedicated a summit on the…

A conviction and acquittal for two men accused of organizing Doudou Faye's trip. This young teenager, who dreamed of becoming a football player, died at sea in October last year during an illegal attempt to go to Spain. A case that aroused strong feelings in the country. And on Tuesday, therefore, the Mbour court sentenced a man who was considered a smuggler.…

Almost 200 guests are in Lomé as of this Wednesday to discuss the new currency, the eco, which was decided on December 21, 2019 in Abidjan by the French and Ivorian presidents, Emmanuel Macron and Alassane Ouattara. as reported from Lomé, Peter Sassou DogbéIt is expected that this currency will eventually replace the CFA franc…

"An unacceptable coup": European leaders "strongly condemned the arrest of Mali's president and his prime minister," Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday at the end of a European summit in which France called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council. "We are ready to take the targeted sanctions against the main characters,…

Are Malian President Bah N'Daw and his Prime Minister Moctar Ouane doomed? The two men were taken this Monday, May 24, 2021, to the Kati camp, near Bamako, by soldiers near the National Committee for the Salvation of the People, at the beginning of the coup on August 18, 2020. Colonel Assimi Goïta, Vice President of the Transition and CNSP strongman got a press release read on TV where he explained that…

Thunderclap yesterday in the already occupied Malian political sky: "barely the list of the new government is presented, saysMaliweb, dissatisfied soldiers manu-militari arrested the president of the transition, Bah N'Daw, the prime minister, Moctar Ouane, as well as the president's secretary general and the new defense minister. They were forcibly taken to the Kati military camp, a few kilometers from Bamako, the center of…