The political crisis plaguing Mali, a West African country, saw top officials of the government visiting Nigeria, yesterday to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari.
\nAt the meeting held behind closed doors, Buhari assured the Special Envoy from Mali, Col. Assimi Goita, the Transitional President of Mali that the Nigerian government would intervene in its political situation but within the ambits of ECOWAS frameworks.
\nA member of the delegation, Mali\u2019s Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation,Col. Abdoulaye Maiga, also briefed Buhari on conclusions from the National Conference on State-Rebuilding, held in Bamako, December 27-30, 2021.
\nIn his response, the Nigerian president, said nobody could love Mali more than Malians themselves.
\nBuhari went on to counsel the visitors to work within the tenets of ECOWAS, to restore constitutional order to the West African country at the shortest possible time.
\nThe Economist Intelligence Unit had rated Mali a \u201chybrid regime\u201d in 2019.
\nOn August 18, 2020, a coup d\u2019\u00e9tat ousted the president and prime minister.
\nWhile on September 25, 2020, a retired colonel and former defence minister, Bah Ndaw was sworn in as Mali\u2019s interim president.
\n\u201cI am pleased you have briefed the ECOWAS Chairman too,\u2019\u2019 Buharisaid.
\n\u201cNigeria will work within ECOWAS limitations to assist Mali\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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