Mali junta wants three-year military rule, agrees to free president

Bamako (AFP) Aug 24, 2020

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 week's coup - Mali's second in eight years - followed months of protests calling for Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to resign as public discontent with the governmen