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A panel in Mali has recommended extending the military transition to democracy by three years and allowing junta leader Assimi Goïta to run in possible elections. National consultations lasting several months, boycotted by many members of the opposition, resulted on Friday in a series of recommendations, including the extension of …

Former Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita alias IBK died on Sunday following a short illness at the age of 76, his family announced. “President IBK died this morning at 9:00 a.m. (GMT and local) at his home” in the capital, where he lived in retirement, away from public life, a …