Goodluck Jonathan in Mali.
Former President Goodluck Jonathan arrived in Bamako on Monday afternoon to continue his role as the mediator of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for Mali.
He is in the troubled West African nation with a high-powered delegation.
The two-day visit is a follow-up on the Conference of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government on Mali held in the Nigerien capital, Niamey, months ago, sources told PANA.
According to the programme of the visit, the delegation will hold talks with the Malian transitional authorities, as well as with politicians and civil society before meeting with the press.
Mr. Jonathan will meet with Malian Prime Minister Moctar Ouane.
The ECOWAS mission is also expected to deal with other critical issues of the life of the nation with the transitional authorities, particularly the holding of the future general elections, institutional and constitutional reforms.
The mission comes several months after the president and the vice-president of the transition were sworn in, as well as after the establishment of the transitional organs.
It is also being made within a socio-political context strongly affected by the establishment of the National Transitional Council (NTC), harshly criticized by several political actors, especially over the thorny issue of an “alleged attempt of destabilization of the transition” involving former Prime Minister Boubou Cissé and several other senior officials of the country, including five placed under detention since late December 2020.
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