May 29, 2021

Mali’s constitutional court has installed military coup leader, Colonel Assimi Goïta, as transitional president.

The court explained that its decision followed the ‘vacancy in the presidency’.

Goïta had declared himself interim president on Wednesday, two days after seizing power, the second time.

Goita led the mutiny that ousted ex-President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in August 2020.

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Interim President, Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister, Moctar Ouane were detained by the military on Monday.

They were held along with Defence Minister, Souleymane Doucouré.

Goita, the former interim Vice President, said they were removed for …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday received ex-President Goodluck Jonathan over the political crisis in Mali.

Jonathan, who is Special Envoy and ECOWAS mediator to the West African country, briefed the President on the situation in Mali after meeting with the key political actors ahead of the meeting of ECOWAS leaders under the Chairmanship of President Nana Akufo-Addo of the Republic of Ghana.

The ex-President said the meeting of the regional leaders was necessary to urgently find an acceptable solution to the current impasse in the West African nation.

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The Presidency, yesterday, asserted that when the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari comes to an end in another two years, the applause would be resounding, even from the worst of critics.

A presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, said this in a statement titled ‘The Buhari Administration at 6: Counting the Blessings One by One’ which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York.

The statement catalogued the achievements of the incumbent federal government led by President Buhari in the last six years.

Adesina said the administration had recorded giant strides in various sectors of the economy that would be recognised …