Ibrahim Boubacar Keita

Mali's military junta says it thwarted an attempted coup last week led by "Western-backed" soldiers. The alleged foiled coup took place on the night between 11 and 12 May, the junta said in a statement without providing evidence.
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The fighting comes days after France and its allies said they were withdrawing their forces from Mali.
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Interpol issued an international arrest warrant Monday for Karim Keita, a son of Mali's former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, over the 2016 disappearance of an investigative journalist, legal sources said.
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The Malian authorities on Thursday charged six prominent figures, including a former prime minister, with seeking to mount a coup, a move that came after a military putsch in August, their lawyers said.
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Hopes that the soldiers behind Mali's coup would swiftly restore civilian rule and tackle jihadist and ethnic violence are fading fast as the army expands its role.
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Mali's interim legislature on Saturday chose Colonel Malick Diaw, a leading player in an August coup, as its president despite anger over the military's increasing clout in politics.
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A leading opposition group on Wednesday warned of a military stranglehold on Mali's post-coup government and called for "resistance.... to save democracy" in the Sahel state.
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Mali's new president has been sworn into office, five weeks after the overthrow of Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta.
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Mali's new military leaders have agreed to establish a 18-month transition government before an election can take place, following last month's coup.
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A forum in Mali debating how to restore civilian rule on Friday discussed a proposal to appoint a two-year transitional government, heavily influenced by the military junta.
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