Mali : the dispute announced a truce before a new mediation african

The Movement of the 5-June, made the announcement at the approach of the great muslim holiday of Aid al-Adha and the mediation mission of four african presidents.

This is a truce that will "allow Malians to prepare well and celebrate the tabaski", the name given in West Africa to the feast of the sacrifice, and which will be observed at the end of the month of July, according to Nouhoun Sarr, one of the leaders of the protest Movement of the 5-June, the M5-RFP.

The leaders of this alliance motley of religious leaders and personalities of the political world and the civil society will observe a "truce on the subject of civil disobedience" at the approach of the great muslim holiday of Aid al-Adha and the mediation mission of four presidents in West Africa. "During this period, there will be more protests," said Nouhoun Sarr.

Issa Kaou Djim, the coordinator of the platform (CMAS) to support the imam Mahmoud Dicko, the main figure of the movement, has "welcomed" the announcement of the truce, calling it "a decision that is very responsible and wise".

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one of The main leaders of the M5-RFP wants the "resignation" of IBK

This sign of abating, however, will not mean a softening of the Movement's claims of 5 June. In a statement signed on Monday night by Choguel Maïga, one of its main leaders, the M5-RFP reiterates its main requirement : the "resignation" of president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, aka "IBK", and his regime.

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The motion alleges that the economic Community of African States West (Cédéao), a mediator in the crisis, have remained so far silent on this point. Monday, while some barricades were quickly dismantled by the security forces, the diplomatic talks have continued behind the scenes.

The imam Dicko received the ambassadors of Mali to France, the United States and the european Union, to which he said that if the doors to dialogue remain open, the governance in Mali was to radically change, according to participants at the meeting.

Four african leaders expected Thursday in Bamako

The presidents of four countries of West Africa Mahamadou Issoufou (Niger), Alassane Ouattara (Côte d'ivoire), Macky Sall (Senegal) and Nana Akufo-Addo (Ghana) will on Thursday in Bamako to try to find a solution to the socio-political crisis that crosses the country of Mali, according to the presidency.

The arrival in Bamako on Thursday of four heads of States that count in West Africa demonstrates the growing concern of the partners and neighbors of Mali, a poor country faced since the years of violence, the multi-faceted, including jihadist community and, despite the presence of French forces, the african and the UN.

A delegation from the Cédéao led by the ex-nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan has recommended Sunday the establishment "of any" emergency government of national unity, as already suggested by the president Keïta. It has also proposed the appointment of a new constitutional Court would be established to examine the priority dispute electoral outcome of the general elections of march-April, considered to be the trigger for the current crisis. But the sent of the Cédéao stressed at the same time "that any form of change to non-constitutional accession to power will be accepted by the Cédéao".

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The roadmap is impeded by the refusal of the leaders of the M5-RFP, for which the crisis almost existential that the country is facing is not limited to electoral matters. In power since 2013, president Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta is heavily contested in the streets since June.

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The climate of exasperation fed for years by the instability will be safe in the centre and the North of the country, the economic slump or a corruption, considered endemic, was added to the invalidation by the constitutional Court of some thirty of legislative results. On July 10, the third major demonstration against the government to the appeal of the M5-RFP was escalated in three days of unrest murderers in Bamako, the worst in the capital since 2012, which have killed 11 people, according to the Prime minister Boubou Cisse. A division of the UN mission in the country (Minusma), speaks of 14 protesters killed. The M5 goes as far as to mention 23 dead.

Date Of Update: 21 July 2020, 09:58