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Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) President Felix Tshisekedi Tshilombo, the current president of the African Union, on Tuesday demanded the immediate and unconditional release of the transition leaders arrested by the military in Mali.

A few hours after the formation of a new government was announced in Mali, the head of state and the prime minister of the transition government were taken to the Kati military barracks by armed officers apparently as hostages, in what amounted to a putsch.

Malian prime minister Moctar Ouane has been locked in talks with the country’s stakeholders over the formation of a new government.

The United Nations says recent acts of abuse of civilians go back to the horrors of the 2012 when militants captured large swathes of Mali and should be of concern to all actors in the fight against impunity in the troubled country.

Morocco’s Banque Atlantique has contributed to the funding of Mali Shi, the first shea butter processing plant in Mali, for a total amount of 2.755 billion CFA francs.

Olivier Dubois, who disappeared on April 8, says he was kidnapped by the Support Group for Islam and Muslims (GSIM) led by Iyad Ag Ghali.

Alain Noudehou of Benin has been appointed the new UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Mali.

Thanks to the support of the African Development Bank (Bad), Mali will launch special agro-food processing zones in the large production basins of the Segou and San regions.

The president of the transitional government in Mali, Bah N’Daw has decreed three days of national mourning throughout the country starting from Wednesday at midnight in tribute to Chadian President Idriss Déby Itno who died on Tuesday fighting rebels.

The transition authorities in Mali on Thursday announced the holding of presidential and legislative elections on Sunday February 27, 2022.