BAMAKO, Jan 16, 2022 (AFP) : Mali’s former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who led the West African country from 2013 until he was ousted in a coup in 2020, died at the age of 76 in the capital Bamako on Sunday, his family said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“President IBK died this morning at 0900 GMT in his home” in Bamako, a family member told AFP using the ex-leader’s initials, with several other family members confirming his passing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The cause of Keita’s death was not given.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Keita was two years into his second five-year term when he was toppled by the military in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the weeks before the coup, he had been struggling with protests fuelled by his handling of a jihadist insurgency and failure to turn around Mali’s floundering economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Keita was forced out of office on August 18, 2020 by young military officers who staged an uprising at a base near Bamako before heading into the city, where they seized Keita and other leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Under pressure from the West African bloc ECOWAS, the junta that emerged from the rebellion released Keita on August 27 and returned him to his residence in Bamako, under surveillance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He suffered a mini-stroke the following month, and was sent to United Arab Emirates for treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ruling junta would stage another coup in May 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ECOWAS this month agreed to sanction Mali after the junta proposed it would to stay in power for up to five years before staging elections — despite international demands that it respect a promise to hold the vote in February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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