President Buhari Visits Mali Amid Crisis

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Mali on a one-day visit aimed at finding a political solution to the crisis in the country.

Buhari’s arrival was confirmed in a tweet by his personal assistant on new media, Bashir Ahmad.

The Special Adviser to the president on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in an earlier statement said, Buhari’s planned visit followed the briefing by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Special Envoy to the country, former President Goodluck Jonathan.

The statement added that President Buhari and the ECOWAS Chairman, President Issoufou Mahamadou of Niger Republic had already agreed to meet in Mali to engage in further consultations towards finding a political solution to the crisis in the country.

The two leaders are expected to be joined by the Host President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Presidents Machy Sall of Senegal, Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana and Alassane Ouattara of Cote d’Ivoire respectively.

“We will ask the President of Niger, who is the Chairman of ECOWAS to brief us as a group, and we will then know the way forward,” President Buhari was quoted as saying.