A protest movement that has sprung up in Mali, shaking President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita's grip on power, on Tuesday rejected a compromise put forward by regional leaders and insisted that he quit.
In this file photo taken on November 30, 2019, Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Malian Prime Minister Boubou Cisse attend the opening of the 12th edition of the Bamako Encounters Photography Biennial. – A stripped-down cabinet comprising Mali’s Prime Minister Boubou Cisse and six ministers will work to form a unity government, the president’s office announced on July 27, 2020.
The announcement came a day after heads of the 15-nation bloc ECOWAS stood by Keita and urged him to forge a unity government and resolve an election dispute that has fuelled anger. But in scathing language, the June 5 Movement said it had “learned of the conclusions of the extraordinary summit with astonishment.”
Much of Mali’s current tension was sparked in April when the Constitutional Court tossed out 31 results from long-delayed parliamentary elections — a move that benefited Keita’s party.
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