
Days after Mali was placed under heavy sanctions by the Economic Community of West African States to punish the military junta’s reluctance to conduct elections, citizens woke up on Sunday, 16 January 2022 to news of the death of former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta.
Keïta, who was ousted in 2020 by the army after seven years in power, died in his Bamako home, aged 76.