West African regional bloc ECOWAS suspended Mali's membership in response to last week's coup and said authorities must stick to a timetable for a return to democracy, but stopped short of imposing new sanctions
Leaders of the 15-member Economic Community of West African States held an emergency summit in Ghana's capital Accra to agree a response to the Malian military's ouster of a president and prime minister for the second time in nine months.
In a communique after the summit, ECOWAS said Mali's membership in the bloc was suspended with immediate effect. It also did not call for new interim President Assimi Goita to step down. The army colonel, who led the August coup and last week's revolt, was declared president on Friday.Colonel Assimi Goita, leader of Malian military junta, attends the Economic Community of West African States consultative meeting in Accra, Ghana September 15, 2020. REUTERS/ Francis Kokoroko/File Photo
"The date of 27th February 2022 already announced for the presidential election should be absolutely maintained," the leaders' communique said.Goita, a 38-year-old special forces commander, was one of several colonels who overthrew President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita last year.
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