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The mediator of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for Mali, former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, will be carrying a message from the heads of state of the sub-regional organisation.
The transitional authorities have mandated a group of lawyers to challenge the sanctions of the Conference of Heads of State and Government of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA).
On the sidelines of the last AU-EU summit in Brussels, Belgium, Nana Akufo-Addo, the current chairman of ECOWAS, maintained that the sub-regional organization was ready to accept a twelve-month transition in Mali.
The fate of Operation Barkhane will be decided on the sidelines of the European Union-African Union Summit in Brussels, Belgium in the next few days.
The head of French diplomacy, Jean Yves Le Drian, has announced in a media release that France would no longer fight terrorism in Mali.
The possibility for Colonel Assimi Goita, the head of Mali’s ruling junta to run for the next presidential election has been ruled out by the draft revision of the Transition Charter.
France and the European Union will decide this week on their military presence in Mali.
The Malian government has announced the setting up of a consultation mechanism to support continuing talks with the West African regional grouping Ecowas, the African Union (AU) and the international community regarding the transition.
Malian authorities have expelled Jeune Afrique’s special correspondent.
France is in talks with its European partners over the definitive withdrawal of their military forces from Mali.