Mali: the day after the Accra summit, the junta studies the demands of ECOWAS

Assimi Goita, president of the National Council for the Salvation of the People (CNSP) in Mali, during the ECOWAS summit in Accra, September 15, 2020. Nipah Dennis / AFP

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In the aftermath of the Accra summit, where the junta in power in Mali went to meet the delegation of ECOWAS heads of state, Colonel Assimi Goïta wasted no time.

He began the consultations upon his return.

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Back in Bamako on the night of September 15 to 16, the junta delegation will have slept very little.

Upon her return

, during which she met

, she has, according to our information, started consultations, first among brothers in arms.

Colonel Assimi Goïta

, head of the military who took power almost a month ago, is organizing meetings.

He reports on his mission, gives his impressions, comments, and in his now famous pocket diary, he takes notes, explains his entourage.

The head of the military in power will continue his talks with civilian figures.

The idea is to see how to take into account

of the Economic Community of West African States, which, on two essential points of the transition is clear.

We need a president and a civilian prime minister.

And if the junta does not hide it, it never intended to challenge the sub-regional institution.

The most important thing, explains an observer, is that within the junta we speak the same language, the rest will be easy.

The special envoy of ECOWAS, former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, is expected again in Bamako next week and some even consider that before his arrival the junta could have reviewed his copy.

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