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Mali military junta announces vague transition programme

Daily Dispatch August 19, 2020

The junta who ousted Mali’s elected president and government in a military coup promised on Wednesday to restore stability and oversee a transition to elections within a “reasonable” time. At gunpoint, President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resigned and dissolved parliament late on Tuesday hours

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Malian President, Ibrahim Keita resigns

Daily Dispatch August 19, 2020

Malian President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has resigned. Keita, on Wednesday, said he was resigning to avoid “bloodshed,” hours after his arrest by troops. Rebel soldiers reportedly detained Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse on Tuesday afternoon and drove the pair to a military base in the town of Kati, near the capital Bamako, […]

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Macron discusses Mali with West African leaders, backs ECOWAS mediation

Daily Dispatch August 18, 2020

French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the soldiers’ mutiny in Mali on Tuesday with his Malian counterpart and other West African leaders, expressing his support for mediation efforts by the ECOWAS regional bloc, the presidency in Paris said. Macron discussed the unfolding situation with President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and the leaders of Niger, Ivory Coast and […]

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Coup plot in Mali, President Keita detained by mutinous soldiers

Daily Dispatch August 18, 2020

Mutinous soldiers in Mali have detained President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita as a possible coup plot unravelled. According to Reuters, Keita was was detained by the soldiers in the capital Bamako. A spokesman for Keita was not available to confirm the detention. Soldiers had earlier in the day mutinied at the Kati military base about 15 […]

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Eleven Shot Dead In Prison Break

Daily Dispatch August 18, 2020

Eleven prisoners have been shot dead following a mass jailbreak in Papua New Guinea and 36 others remain on the run, authorities said Tuesday. The detainees escaped from Buimo prison in the Pacific nation’s second-biggest city Lae after rushing a gate when a sick prisoner was being moved for medical treatment. The group overwhelmed a duty […]

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Portugal President, Marcelo Rebelo Jumps Into Water To Rescue Drowning Citizens

Daily Dispatch August 18, 2020

In what Feels like the most laudable act any President can do, Marcelo Rebelo , the President of Portugal has rescued two women from drowning at an Algarve beach after their kayak capsized. According to BBC, the 71-year President was pictured swimming over to the kayakers who were struggling in the water. De Sousa later told the […]