ECOWAS imposes individual sanctions on coup plotters in Guinea, Mali

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Via: Africanews

The West African regional grouping ECOWAS on Sunday (07/11) hardened its stance against military-ruled Mali and Guinea, imposing new individual sanctions and calling on both countries to honour timetables for a return to democracy. The Economic Community of West African States “has decided to sanction all those implicated in the delay” in organising elections set for February 27 in Mali, ECOWAS Commission President Jean-Claude Kassi Brou told AFP after a summit of the 15-nation group in the Ghanaian capital Accra. He said Mali had “officially written” to Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo, who holds the rotating presidency of ECOWAS, to inform him that the Sahel country could not hold elections as planned.

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Sudan military dissolves transitional government in apparent takeover

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Via: CGTN Africa

A military takeover is under way in Sudan on Monday (25/10). Civilian rule has been dissolved by the military, and the Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has been detained and moved to an undisclosed location after refusing to issue a statement in support of the takeover, said the information ministry, still apparently under the control of Hamdok’s supporters according to Reuters. Sudan’s ruling council head Abdel Fattah al-Burhan announced on Monday a state of emergency across the country and the dissolution of the transitional sovereign council and the government. Al-Burhan spoke in a televised statement, saying “A government that consists of independent national calibre will lead the country until the elections, with a fair representation of all the people of Sudan”. Soldiers arrested most of the members of Sudan’s cabinet on Monday while opponents of the takeover took to the streets to show support for civilian rule.

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Mali accuses France of training ‘terrorists’ in the country

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Via: Aljazeera

Mali’s Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga has told the Russian media he has evidence that France has been training “terrorist” groups operating in the West African country. Maiga said French troops had created an enclave in Kidal, a town in the desert region of northern Mali, and handed it over to a “terrorist group” known as Ansar al-Din, allegedly linked to al-Qaeda. He said the Malian military was banned from entering the territory. “Mali has no access to Kidal, this is an enclave controlled by France,” Russia Today reported citing Maiga’s interview to state-owned RIA Novosti on Friday (08/10).

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