The Economic Community of West African countries (ECOWAS) has introduced tough sanctions against Mali, where a coup was a coup in May 2021, and closed the land and air borders with the state due to the transfer of the election period. This reports Reuters.
New measures have been adopted by the community when Mali’s temporary authorities offered to postpone the election since February 2022 for December 2025. The Equowas named a chart of return to the constitutional rule is unacceptable. “This chart simply means that the illegitimate military transitional government will host the people of Mali hostage,” added to the organization.
All financial transactions with the country from the community members, in addition to the vital, suspend, the Malian state assets in non-profit banks are frozen, which actually deprives the country to access to regional financial markets.
In response to the decision of Equowas, the Government of Mali promised to close its side of the border with the community countries, to withdraw its ambassadors and reveal the right to reconsider their membership in the organization.
Mali is in a state of permanent internal instability for several years. In August 2020, the military overthrew the military president of President Ibrahim Bubakar Kate on the wave of mass anti-corruption protests. At the end of September, the same year, the college of electors, created under the leadership of the military, appointed BA NDAO by the provisional president of the country. It was expected that the transition period will take 18 months.
However, on Tuesday night, on May 25, 2021, the military in Mali was arrested by the President, Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense of the Provisional Government. As a result of a military coup to power, Colonel Assimi Goita came. The world community condemned the ticks.