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Mali’s former defence minister Ba N’Daou has been announced as president of a new transition government, the leader of the Sahel state’s ruling military junta said on national television Monday.

According to a roadmap backed by the junta, the new president is meant to lead the country for several months before staging elections and returning Mali to civilian rule.

The African Union had called on the military junta in Mali to quickly appoint civilian leaders to manage an 18-month transition towards elections after last month’s coup.

The AU’s 15-member security body late Thursday echoed the West African regional bloc ECOWAS, which imposed sanctions on landlocked Mali after the coup toppled President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.

Junta leader Colonel Assimi Goita met with West African leaders this week in Ghana but failed to resolve a critical sticking point — whether soldiers or civilians will lead the transition.

ECOWAS called for a civilian-led transition government to be installed “in days” and said the bloc would lift its sanctions — which include closed borders and a ban on trade and financial flows — once the change has been made.

Smail Chergui, the AU’s peace and security commissioner, said on Twitter Thursday night that he was calling “for a return to constitutional order and early civilian-led transition in Mali”.

A separate Twitter post from the official AU Peace and Security Department account said it backed ECOWAS’ call for an 18-month civilian transition.

It also “welcomed” the putschists’ decision to release Keita — who was detained for more than a week — but said they should also free prime minister Boubou Cisse and “other dignitaries”.

The AU announced the day after the coup that it was suspending Mali “until restoration of constitutional order”, and it is unclear what additional leverage it has.

But a spokesman for the junta, Colonel Ismael Wague, said after this week’s talks in Ghana that Mali could face a “total embargo” from ECOWAS if it does not quickly appoint civilian leaders.

The sanctions could bite in the poor country already facing a severe economic downturn as well as a simmering jihadist insurgency and chronic inter-ethnic violence.

Wague nevertheless made clear the junta would prefer the transition be run by the military, and claimed that was also the preference of the majority of Malians.
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This their democracy sef...
But then, its a good thing to do to all incompetent public office holders...

So, why did they overthrow the last guy-talking about Ibrahim Keita?

They are doing the same thing allover again. An ex-defence minister? Most definitely one of the old order??

Then, it is that simple. I don't see no difference.

Now, we have an interim government. Hurray!
Next, new constitution gets drafted.

Next, another election.
Next, president/government gets sworn in.

Next, wild jubilation.
Next, the jubilation and hysteria begins to fade.

Next, mass apathy follows.
Next, the soldiers begin to complain about unpaid wages and poor conditions at the front.

Next, the masses begin to protest.
Next, the soldiers begin to mutiny.

And next there is a coup d'etat.
And next they lock up the president.

And next, ECOWAS flies to Bamako on a peace mission.
And next, they release the president.

And next, we are back right where we started!
And the vicious circle just continues...

It's getting boring. Over there in Bamako.

I have seen this same scenario play itself out over and over again in Mali.

Or how is this different from what happened in 2012? Or other coups before 2012?

Boring... the new guys are playing out the same old script and it is going to lead them right back to where they started a few years back.

I don't see how this new step is gonna change anything.

mansakhalifa:
So, why did they overthrow the last guy-talking about Ibrahim Keita?

They are doing the same thing allover again. An ex-defence minister? Most definitely one of the old order??

Then, it is that simple. I don't see no difference.

Now, we have an interim government. Hurray!
Next, new constitution gets drafted.

Next, another election.
Next, president/government gets sworn in.

Next, wild jubilation.
Next, the jubilation and hysteria begins to fade.

Next, mass apathy follows.
Next, the soldiers begin to complain about unpaid wages and poor conditions at the front.

Next, the masses begin to protest.
Next, the soldiers begin to mutiny.

And next there is a coup d'etat.
And next they lock up the president.

And next, ECOWAS flies to Bamako on a peace mission.
And next, they release the president.

And next, we are back right where we started!
And the vicious circle just continues...

It's getting boring. Over there in Bamako.

I have seen this same scenario play itself out over and over again in Mali.

Or how is this different from what happened in 2012? Or other coups before 2012?

Boring... the new guys are playing out the same old script and it is going to lead them right back to where they started a few years back.

I don't see how this new step is gonna change anything.

African is a movie that intrigues the gods the continet is full of drams