Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (IBK)

While the north dominates the news Mara faces ample pressure on other fronts not least recurrent rumours that President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta might soon drop him...

Accordingly President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta's government in Bamako has been openly celebrating the downfall of Compaoré...

The government's position has been further hampered by the failure of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta to provide visionary political leadership and set out in accessible popular terms a picture of what a rebuilt Mali including the north could look like...

And Koenders' relations with President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta have been dire...

N'Dao replaces Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga who was sacrificed to deflect blame for the disaster from President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta and Prime Minister Moussa Mara many in Bamako believe...

The international community has been shocked by what it sees as the incompetence of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (IBK) and has lost practically all confidence in him...

King Mohammed VI was one of the star guests at last September's celebration of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta's accession to office in Mali and this year he returned to Bamako for a major official visit...

Elected in triumph last August President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta faces growing criticism over failures to broker a settlement in the north and boost the national economy...

Among the Francophone African Presidents in attendance were Denis Sassou-Nguesso of Congo-Brazzaville Gabon's Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba and Mali's Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta...

Indeed as problems multiply between Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta and French officials Issoufou has established himself as the West's key interlocutor in the Sahel...