DW
Former Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who led the country until he was ousted in a 2020 coup, has died at the age of 76.
The family of Mali’s former President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita announced on Sunday that he had died aged 76 at this home in the capital, Bamako.
Keita — known as IBK — had been president of Mali from 2013 until he was forced out of office in 2020 by the military.
Who was Keita?
Keita was president during a turbulent period that saw a violent Islamist insurgency take over large areas of the center and north of Mali.
He was also seen as having struggled to turn around Mali’s failing economy. In the weeks before the coup, there were protests over his perceived failure to deal with the crisis and alleged corruption…
