{"id":8324,"date":"2021-06-01T07:54:24","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T07:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=8324"},"modified":"2021-06-01T07:54:24","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T07:54:24","slug":"ecowas-suspends-mali-after-second-coup-in-nine-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=8324","title":{"rendered":"ECOWAS suspends Mali after second coup in nine months"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">ECOWAS suspends Mali after second coup in nine months<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Economic Community of West African State, (ECOWAS)\u00a0on Sunday, suspended Mali from the sub-regional body following two military coups in the country.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">ECOWAS took the decision at an emergency summit in Ghana on Sunday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ghana\u2019s foreign minister, Shirley Botchwey, said the decision to suspend Mali was to ensure the return of democracy.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Botchwey said, \u201cThe suspension from ECOWAS takes immediate effect until the deadline of the end of February 2022 when they are supposed to hand over to a democratically elected government.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cOne of the decisions of the heads of state is that they should ensure that in the next few days a civilian prime minister is put in place to form the next government.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Bah N\u2019Daw, the interim president, and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane were last week detained at a military base in the wake of the coup.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">N\u2019Daw, who was Mali\u2019s former defence minister, was named president of the country\u2019s new transitional government last September after a military junta ousted President Ibrahim Keita from office.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">N\u2019Daw and Assimi Goita, leader of the military junta, were appointed to oversee an 18-month transition after which national elections will be conducted.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The military junta had come under pressure from leaders of ECOWAS to return power to civilians following the August 18, 2020 coup.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">ECOWAS had also imposed sanctions on Mali after the coup.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Source: tgnews<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ECOWAS suspends Mali after second coup in nine months Economic Community of West African State, (ECOWAS)\u00a0on Sunday, suspended Mali from the sub-regional body following two military coups in the country. 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