First Independent Mena Newspaper
Algerians from all walks of life continued to suffer in 2021 from acute shortage of bread, milk, cooking oil, potatoes, sugar, pasta, oxygen for covid-19 patients and ICU beds, while their rulers are squandering the country’s petrodollars on military expenditure. Such explosive social situation with deepening political crisis is fueling Hirak pro-democracy protestors demanding a […]
The Malian junta for the first time officially stated, at a news conference Wednesday, that it was in favor of a military-led transition. This was the first time they’ve revealed their ambition officially. The military, which seized power on August 18 in Bamako, are rather close to the ideas of the fringe of the population […]
After three days of discussions in Mali between the military government, political leaders and civil society groups, a transition charter was presented Saturday evening, September 12 in Bamako by the military Junta, despite the objections of the 5-June Movement (M5), which led the protest against President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. The charter, meant to chart the […]
The heads of state of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) were once again at Mali’s bedside on September 7 during their 57th Ordinary Session, held in Niamey, Niger. ECOWAS issued an ultimatum to the military junta, which ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar on August 18, following weeks of protests in the country, urging […]
The Malian opposition welcomed the Tuesday military coup, saying it had “completed” its struggle to obtain the departure of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (IBK) and was ready to work out a political transition with the junta. The M5-RFP opposition coalition “takes note of the commitment of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People […]