22nd January 1999

Vol 40 N0 2

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Mali MALI

Trial and error

Faction fighting and an embarassing ex-dictator pose problems for the President

Backstabbing is getting more vicious among barons of the ruling Alliance pour la Démocratie au Mali (Adema). Few doubt that Adema will win the presidential election in 2002 by a walk-over. The fight within the ruling party is about who will be its flag-bearer to succeed President Alpha Oumar Konaré (AC Vol 39 No 16). The ramshackle Coordination des Partis Politiques de l’Opposition (Coppo) is badly split along lines of age and personal enmity, not to mention political strategy. Opposition veterans, including Mohammed Lamine Traoré of the Mouvement pour l’Indépendance, la Renaissance et l’Intégration Africaine (MIRIA), a left-wing breakaway from Adema, accuse it of establishing a new one-party state since the near-total opposition boycott of the botched 1997 elections. Others complain that this argument now alienates potential voters....

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Keywords:

 Alpha Oumar Konaré, Mohammed Lamine Traoré, Almamy Sylla, Burkinabè, Blaise Compaoré, Boubacar Bâ, Aly Nouhoum Diallo, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Iba N’Diaye, Bocar Sall, Abderahamane Niang, Moussa Traoré, Mariam, Cissoko, Douah Abraham, Ramos, Tiénan Coulibaly, Sekou Ly, Senegalese, Magatte Seye, Koran-carrying Traoré, Choguel Maïga, Soumaïla Cissé, French, Vincent Bolloré, Michel Dupuch, Jacques Chirac, Lionel Jospin, Alliance pour la Démocratie au Mali, Coordination des Partis Politiques de l’Opposition, Mouvement pour l’Indépendance, la Renaissance et l’Intégration Africaine, Commission Electorale Nationale Indépendante, Rassemblement pour la Démocratie et le Progrès, Commune 5, Assemblée Nationale, Bamakois, Ramadan, Koran, Mouvement Patriotique pour le Renouveau, Union Démocratique du Peuple Malien, Energie du Mali, Société des Télécommunications du Mali, ociété Nationale des Tabacs et Allumettes du Mali, Compagnie Malienne pour le Développement des Textiles, le Petit Prince, cellule africain, Parti Socialiste