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Mali: Military Wants Three-Year Rule, Agrees To Free President

The junta that seized power in Mali wants a military-led transitional body to rule for three years and has agreed to release the ousted president, a source in a visiting West African delegation and the rebel soldiers said Sunday.

Last weekโ€™s coup โ€” Maliโ€™s second in eight years โ€” followed months of protests calling for Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to resign as public discontent with the government grew over the collapsing economy and a brutal Islamist insurgency.

โ€œThe junta has affirmed that it wants a three-year transition to review the foundations of the Malian state. This transition will be directed by a body led by a soldier, who will also be head of state,โ€ a source in the ECOWAS delegation says

โ€œThe government will also be predominantly composed of soldiersโ€ under the proposal, the source said on condition of anonymity.

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