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...
Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (‘IBK') has visited Kidal the provincial capital of the Saharan north-east and a bastion of Tuareg nationalism...
Maïga has quit the Adema executive and is said to be linking up with Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (IBK) founding leader of the Rassemblement pour le Mali and a repeat challenger for the presidency...
Political rivals have been attacking ex-Premier and presidential hopeful Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta and hinting he sympathised with the rebels...
Politicians outside the government led by former presidential candidate Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (IBK) are pushing urgently for a national conference to map out the transition...
Candidates in the April-May presidential election have turned their campaigns down to a simmer so as to focus on tackling a conflict which – as one of the favourites Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta recognises – has the potential to shred the broad consensus and spirit of compromise which has underpinned Malian democracy...