GHANA-President Akuffo-Addo is set to embark on his first trip to Mali on Thursday, July 22,2020. This will be his first foreign trip after his directive to close borders in order to limit the spread of COVID-19.
The President, together with his colleagues from Niger, Senegal and Ivory Coast have been tasked by the African Union to lead the mediation effort to resolve the political brawl in Mali.
Opposition parties in Mali have called on President Keita severally to stand down over his long running violence by armedvigilante groups, an economic crisis and the disputed elections.
They also dismissed the ECOWAS team’s proposals for establishing a unity government and reconstituting the top court in the country that overturned the contested legislative elections that took place in March. Their demand is simple – President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta must resign.
ECOWAS however, has said it will not support the removal of president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.
Former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan who led an ECOWAS delegation to Mali said leaders must be elected and they should leave under constitutional processes otherwise there would be what he called “Banana Republics all over”.
Mr Jonathan further noted that, ECOWAS cannot preside over the removal of an elected president, adding that not even the African Union or the United Nations can do so.
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