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Mali protests resume as thousands call for president to resign

Published 11/08/2020, 19:38
Updated 11/08/2020, 19:42

BAMAKO, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Thousands of people took to the
streets of Mali's rainy capital Bamako on Tuesday renewing calls
for President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to step down despite
international mediation efforts to resolve a political crisis.
Protests led by an opposition coalition called M5-RFP have
raged since June, caused by contested local elections and
perceived government corruption and incompetence.
Tensions escalated in July when police shot dead at least 11
demonstrators. Regional powers are worried that prolonged unrest could
derail the fight against Islamist extremists in the region, many
of whom are centered in Mali. Their presence has rendered large
areas of the center and north of Mali ungovernable. Keita had hoped that concessions to opponents, and
recommendations from a mediating delegation of regional leaders
would help stem the tide of dissafection. But the majority of protestors appeared unmoved as they
filed into Bamako's heaving Independence Square in their
thousands on Tuesday, shouting "Keita step down" and "listen to
your people".
"M5-Rfp demands purely and simply the resignation of Ibrahim
Boubacar Keita and his regime to allow for a democratic
transition," prominent M5-RFP member Ibrahim Maiga told the
cheering crowd.

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