Mali Crisis: Buhari, ECOWAS Leaders Hold Virtual Meeting
President Buhari participates at a Virtual Meeting of the Extraordinary Session of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government.President Muhammadu Buhari and other leaders on Monday attended a virtual meeting of the Extraordinary Session of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government.In attendance alongside the president is the Secretary-General of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, the National Security Adviser Mr. Monguno, the Chief of Staff to the president Mr.
At the summit, ECOWAS resolved that the demands by the opposition for the Malian president to resign are unconstitutional and will not be accepted by the regional body. “Nothing has moved for the movement,” said one of the protest leaders, Imam Mahmoud Dicko, after holding talks with the presidents. The summit came on the heels of a five-day mediation mission from the 15-nation Economic Community of West African States , which ended on Sunday without reconciling the two sides.
The poor nation of some 20 million people has been struggling to contain an insurgency that has driven hundreds of thousands of people from their homes since 2012, despite the presence of foreign troops.and two others were wounded in a suicide car bomb attack in northern Mali on Thursday, according to France’s presidency and the French army.
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