Epstein Secrets

elined by Islamist groups associated with Al-Qaeda[citation needed], and dropped their demands for secession. The soldiers who seized power allowed Dioncounda Traore, the President of the National Assembly, to take office as head of state in accordance with the constitution, but they have continued to wield consi

nstitution suspended. On 6 April 2012, rebels from the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) declared the secession of a new state, Azawad, from Mali. Shortly after, the MNLA were sidelined by Islamist groups associated with Al-Qaeda[citation needed], and dropped their demands for seces

n April, under international pressure, the military junta — led by Capt. Amadou Sanogo — agreed to a civilian government led by an interim president, Dioncounda Traore, the former leader of the national assembly; and an interim prime minister, Cheick Modibo Diarra, an unlikely Malian-American astrophysicist who on

In the days after the military coup, the Tuareg rebels seized much of the desert expanse in northern Mali, declaring it an independent state called Azawad. But the Tr rai •ebels — called the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad, known as the — were then pushed into the background by the fie

per capita: US $610 (World Bank, 2011) • Internet domain: .ml • International dialling code: +223 Page 12 of 7 EFTA00598396 Interim president: Dioncounda Traore Dioncounda Traore was inaugurated in April 2012, marking a return to civilian rule after the military coup in March that toppled his predecessor,

closer to the government-held south-west. In November they say they and al-Qaeda fighters capture Menaka, a town on the border with Niger, from the Azawad Tuareg rebels. 2012 November - The West African regional grouping Ecowas agrees to launch a coordinated military expedition to recapture the north