Tagged: Mali

ECOWAS Suspends Mali Over Second Coup In Nine Months

West African leaders suspended Mali from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at an extraordinary summit Sunday, but stopped short of reimposing sanctions, after a second military coup in nine months. The...

The Military Coup in Mali

Mali is a landlocked country in western Africa. Formerly a French colony attained independence in 1960. Since then the country was under military dictatorship for long until the democratic elections of 1992. The majority...