UAE: Medical treatment for deposed Mali president

The UAE has stepped in to provide medical treatment for Mali’s deposed president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. Ministry of Foreign Affairs African Department director Mohammed Al-Shamsi said on 6 September the decision had been in response to a request by the ruling military junta in Bamako and in consultation with Niger’s President Mahamadou Issoufou, who chairs the Authority of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas).