Mali Government Gives ECOWAS Envoy 72Hours Ultimatum

Mali’s transitional government has given the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, special representative, Hamidou Boly,72 hours to leave the country after been declaredpersona non grata.

ECOWAS, West Africa’s main political and economic bloc, has been pressing Mali to respect its commitment to hold presidential and legislative elections next February following an August 2020 military coup.

It is not clear what triggered the expulsion of Boly, however, it came at a time of growing pressure on Mali’s military rulers to return power to civilians.