Facing questions abroad, junta in Mali cements home legitimacy
Malian armed forces escorting the new President of the transitional government Assimi Goita as he returns from Accra after a meeting with the Ecowas on May 31, 2021. PHOTO | AFP
Mali is at a crossroads. Chastised on the continent by the Ecowas and the African Union which on Thursday suspended its voting rights as a penalty for engineering two coups in under a year, the country is now also under pressure from its biggest benefactor, France.
When Malian Vice-President, Col Assimi Goita declared he was not in charge of the country last week, state affiliated Agence Maliene de Press declared the country had gone “back to square one.”
