Goita Reassures ECOWAS On Return To Civilian Rule

June 10 2021

Mali

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says it has received assurances from Mali's new president that a planned democratic transition will proceed, reports Agence France-Presse.

On Wednesday, senior ECOWAS officials visited Bamako, the capital, a day after Col. Assimi Goita was sworn in as president.

Following meetings with Malian officials, ECOWAS Commission President Jean-Claude Kassi Brou said that the 15-nation bloc had received assurances from Goita and Prime...

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