Former President of Mali Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta Passes Away

  • 18 Jan 2022

  • The ousted President of Mali, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, has died on 16th January 2022.
  • He led Mali for seven years until 2020, when he was ousted in a coup after huge anti-government protests over his handling of jihadist unrest.
  • Mr Keïta was involved in politics for more than three decades, serving as a socialist prime minister from 1994 to 2000.