{"id":40100,"date":"2021-05-31T05:26:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T04:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=40100"},"modified":"2021-05-31T05:26:15","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T04:26:15","slug":"ecowas-suspends-mali-after-second-coup-in-nine-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/31\/ecowas-suspends-mali-after-second-coup-in-nine-months\/","title":{"rendered":"ECOWAS suspends Mali after second coup in nine months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mali has been suspended by the Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) following two military coups which happened in the country within nine months.<\/p>\n<p>This decision was collectively reached by presidents\/head of states at the\u00a0ECOWAS emergency summit in Ghana on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>According to Shirley Botchwey, Ghana\u2019s foreign minister, the decision to suspend Mali was to ensure the return of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/26\/there-will-be-no-true-democracy-without-electoral-reforms-says-buba-galadima\/\">democracy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suspension from ECOWAS takes immediate effect until the deadline of the end of February 2022 when they are supposed to hand over to a democratically elected government,\u201d Botchwey said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the decisions of the heads of state is that they should ensure that in the next few days a civilian prime minister is put in place to form the next government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bah N\u2019Daw, the interim president, and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane were last week\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecable.ng\/malis-president-prime-minister-detained-amid-cabinet-reshuffle\/amp\">detained<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>at a military base in the wake of the coup.<\/p>\n<p>N\u2019Daw, who was Mali\u2019s former defence minister, was named president of the country\u2019s new transitional government last September after a military junta ousted President Ibrahim Keita from office.<\/p>\n<p>N\u2019Daw and Assimi Goita, leader of the military junta, were appointed to oversee an 18-month transition after which national elections will be conducted.<\/p>\n<p>The military junta had come under pressure from leaders of ECOWAS to return power to civilians following the August 18, 2020 coup.<\/p>\n<p>ECOWAS had also imposed sanctions on Mali after the coup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mali has been suspended by the Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) following two military coups which happened in the country within nine months. 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