Mali Politics Crisis:UN Security Council calls for end to hostilities
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Dioncounda Traore was sworn in as interim president Mali's after leaders of a March 22 coup agreed to hand back power to civilians. Mr. Traore, previously the speaker of the National Parliament, was sworn in by Supreme Court President Nouhoum Tapily at a brief ceremony in the capital Bamako.
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West African leaders meeting in Ivory Coast has decided that a transition government in Mali should remain for a year following a March 22 military coup.Duration:01:04
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A bid by west African leaders to seek a return to democratic rule in Mali after last week's coup fell apart Thursday when the team turned back mid-air after a pro-junta rally at Bamako airport. Meanwhile anti-coup demonstrators also held a demonstration in favour of the African ECOWAS mission.Duration: 01:14
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West African presidents opened a special summit Thursday to discuss the crises in Guinea-Bissau and Mali stemming from military seizures of power.Duration: 00:51
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West Africa regional body ECOWAS says it has reached an impasse in Mali's transition process and blames the former junta of being obstructionist. Duration: 01:02.
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West African leaders have lifted all sanctions imposed on Mali with immediate effect following the agreement on restoring the constitutional order, a statement from the regional body ECOWAS said on Sunday. World powers welcomed the junta's decision to step aside ahead of elections, as the man named to handle the transition, the speaker of parliament Dioncounda Traore, flew back into the country on Saturday. Duration: 00:48
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DemocracyNow.org - The president of Mali, Amadou Toumani Toure, has formally resigned after soldiers ousted him in a coup in March, with power set to be transferred to Mali's National Assembly after elections later this month. The soldiers say they seized power because of Toure's alleged mishandling of a rebellion of ethnic Tuareg rebels, who have succeeded in capturing several key northern cities, declaring their independence and now calling for international recognition. Officials claim the rebels are a mix of Tuareg separatists and Islamists with links to al-Qaeda. We speak with Firoze Manji, editor-in-chief of Pambazuka News, a pan-African social justice website. He was formerly the Africa director for Amnesty International. Manji recently co-edited a book called , "African Awakening: The Emerging Revolutions." Manji argues the political unrest in Mali, Senegal and beyond is "driven by the fact that over the last 30 years, our people have lost all the gains of independence," due in large part to what he calls neo-liberal policies imposed on many African countries by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. "People feel that their governments are more accountable to the banks and to the multi-national corporations than they are to citizens," Manji says. To watch the complete independent, weekday news hour, read the transcript and download the podcast, please visit www.democracynow.org. FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter ...
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France has advised its nationals "whose presence is not essential" to leave Mali as Tuareg rebels sweep across the north of the country in the wake of a military coup. Duration: 00:57
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The Ansar Dine Islamist movement is strengthening its positions in Timbuktu, a city in northwestern Mali, which fell under the control of Tuareg rebels and Islamists over the weekend. Duration: 01:31
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Mali's military junta and the West African bloc ECOWAS announced a deal late Friday that includes the lifting of sanctions and an amnesty for those involved in last month's coup. Here, women in Bamako protest against violence in Northern Mali where Islamists and Tuareg rebels have seized control. Duration: 00:57
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Rebel soldiers in the West African state of Mali claim to control the country, ousted the president and suspended the constitution. How powerful are they and can the government sustain its grip on power? Guests: Akli Sh'kka, Baz Lecocq, Adam Thiam.
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Mali's military junta and the West African bloc ECOWAS announced a deal late Friday that includes the lifting of sanctions and an amnesty for those involved in last month's coup. Duration: 01:0
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Mali's under-fire junta on Tuesday called a national meeting on the country's future as it seeks a way out of a growing crisis and threatened to prosecute ousted President Amadou Toumani Toure.Duration: 00:59
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Mali's coup leader said Friday that the arrested ministers would soon be handed over to the courts for trial and the president, whose whereabouts are unclear, was unharmed. Duration: 01:18
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West African leaders slapped crippling sanctions on Mali's new junta ahead of emergency UN talks on the troubled nation, half of which is now held by Tuareg rebels and Islamist fighters. Duration: 00:31.
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Mali's new interim leader threatened to wage total war on Tuareg rebels and Islamists controlling the north of the country as he was in sworn in Thursday, ending a brief stab at military rule.Duration: 00:40
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Mali's Tuareg rebels have declared independence in the north, splitting the coup-wracked country in two, as warnings rang out of a humanitarian disaster in what was once considered Africa's democratic success story.
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