Karim Keïta

At first it seemed the soldiers were seen as a bargaining counter to secure the extradition of former prime minister Boubou Cissé former foreign minister Tiéman Hubert Coulibaly and Karim Keïta son of the late president Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta from their supposed exile in Côte d'Ivoire...

The junta has offered to free the soldiers if Côte d'Ivoire hands over exiles including Karim Keïta the profligate and allegedly hugely corrupt son of the late former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta former Prime Minister Boubou Cissé and former defence minister Hubert Tiéman Koulibaly...

The junta in Bamako may have been hoping for a boost with reports on 5 July that a court in the capital had issued an international warrant for the arrest of Karim Keïta eldest son of former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta ousted in a coup last August (AC Vol 61 No 17 The junta haggles on transition)...

Karim Keïta's power and influence earned him the nickname 'Vice-President' until the coup when he managed to escape to Abidjan...

Keïta's arrest warrant yet to be listed among Interpol's 'Red Notices' is linked to the disappearance of a journalist Birama Touré last seen alive in January 2016 and presumed dead at the hands of Mali's state intelligence operatives ostensibly on the orders of Karim Keïta...

Meanwhile fresh reports have been emerging about the whereabouts of Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta's son Karim Keïta first assumed to be in military custody...

His son the former parliamentary defence committee chair Karim Keïta who remains in military custody is a particular target for the fury of the crowds...

During the day it gathered steam and President Keïta and his son Karim Keïta along with Prime Minister Boubou Cissé were soon in custody...

The CNSP wants to see Karim Keïta put on trial...

Reports from Bamako say that people have already started ransacking Karim Keïta's residences...

Presidential son Karim Keïta is highly influential...

He denied any hand for example in the appointment of his son Karim Keïta as Speaker of the National Assembly although many knew otherwise (AC Vol 55 No 3 Peace process slows down)...

We hear Ly was fed up with interventions by Karim Keïta son of the President and a high profile parliamentarian...

The new National Assembly President Issaka Sidibé is not only an RPM stalwart but father-in-law to the presidential son Karim Keïta now himself a member of parliament...