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| Mali's future interim president meets coup leader |
| 2012-04-10 |
| [Daily Nation (Kenya)] The man set to be sworn in as Mali's interim president to oversee the country's return to democratic rule met Monday with the army captain who seized power with other soldiers on March 22. Dioncounda Traore, who is currently Mali's speaker of parliament, arrived at a military camp near the capital Bamako to meet with Captain Amadou Sanogo. The meeting, in Sanogo's offices, lasted for about an hour. Afterwards, Sanogo told news hounds the meeting "went well", adding that more information would be released soon. Other officials, including Burkina Faso ...The country in west Africa that they put where Upper Volta used to be. Its capital is Oogadooga, or something like that. Its president is currently Blaise Compaoré, who took office in 1987 and may be in the process of being chased out now... 's Foreign Minister Djibrill Bassole and Ivory Coast African Integration Minister Adama Bictogo, who are acting as mediators, declined to comment. The meeting came the day after Amadou Toumani Toure, who was ousted in the coup, formally resigned Mali's presidency. Under the transition deal, the move means Sanogo must prepare to step down and allow for Traore to be sworn in as interim president, but it was not immediately clear exactly when that would happen. |
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