Vol 55 No 7 |
- BURKINA FASO
Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta is known to be deeply unhappy with Compaoré's past mediation efforts in his country...
However the credibility of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta's promise to stamp out corruption and establish a functioning judiciary depends on his willingness to see the case through...
Swept to power on a nationalist platform in elections last September President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta intends to make peace on his own terms or not at all...
The relationship of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (IBK) with UN Special Representative Bert Koenders is poor with Mali lobbying none-too-discreetly for the Dutchman's departure...
Surrounded by Mali's top brass and foreign diplomats Le Drian watched dutifully as war veterans police reservists immaculate presidential guardsmen and others took the salute from President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (IBK) fresh back from a mission to Algeria...
Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta has passed the key electoral tests...
More worrying perhaps was the need for President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta to confront unrest in the army at Kati Barracks home to the putschist Captain Amadou Haya Sanogo...
President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta emphasised his inaugural message of reconciliation and tolerance with a major national celebration for the country on 19 September with heads of state from all over the region and world in supportive attendance...
Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta approaches his 19 September inauguration as Mali's new President backed by an overwhelming 77...
Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (IBK) had always looked the man to beat in the Malian presidential race and as Africa Confidential went to press it was clear that he had made a big impact – possibly enough to win in the first round...
