Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Mali: New President Keita calls for more local autonomy, rejects Tuareg secession

Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita

(Reuters) - Mali's new president asked a national congress on Monday to draw up plans for increased regional autonomy, a year after northern separatists and their Islamist allies seized two-thirds of the country, prompting external intervention

Ibrahim Boubacar Keita said that the northern Tuareg separatist movement had legitimate concerns that should be addressed but insisted that demands for independence and subsequent secession were

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