After issuing threats of sanctions against Mali unless Ibrahim B. Keita was re-instated, ECOWAS is now negotiating to get the former President a safe exit to seek medical assistance. The problems of Mali did not start with Keita but he exacerbated the difficulties rather than resolve them. While enlisting ECOWAS to appease demonstrators on one hand, he unleashed security forces on the demonstrators on the other. ECOWAS heads of state and citizens can draw many lessons from the issues that led to the fall of Ibrahim B. Keita. An important lesson to draw from Mali for ECOWAS is to pay attention to governance.

Source: Front Page Africa August 25, 2020 22:41 UTC