
Our Conversation With Mali Junta: Jonathan Briefs Buhari
Nigeria’s former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday briefed President Muhammadu Buhari on the Mali crisis at the State House, Abuja.
The meeting came ahead of an extraordinary virtual summit by ECOWAS heads of state and leaders, scheduled for Friday.
Jonathan led ECOWAS Special Envoy to Mali where a military coup had toppled the elected government of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.
He briefed the President on dialogue with the military coup leaders, who were seeking to stay in power for three years, before holding elections.
“They call themselves National Committee for the …