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 weekโs coup โ Maliโs 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.
โThe 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
โThe government will also be predominantly composed of soldiersโ under the proposal, the source said on condition of anonymity.
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