BAMAKO — An influential opposition group in Mali rejected a proposal by regional mediators on Sunday aimed at ending a political crisis in which at least 11 people have been killed this month during protests against President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. Issuing its recommendations on Sunday, the delegation proposed that Mali's Constitutional Court examine the contested elections and that Keita create a new government including opposition members and civil society. The M5-RFP coalition, which has led the protests, dismissed the recommendations. "(ECOWAS) came to support Keita and threaten the M5-RFP. All they want is their vision, Keita's vision, but not ours," said coalition spokesman Nouhoum Togo.

Source: International New York Times July 19, 2020 18:33 UTC