Following the ouster of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in Mali last month, the ruling military junta is being pressured by the Economic Community of West African States to appoint a transitional civilian leader. Today on Trend Lines, WPR’s Elliot Waldman discusses the outlook in Mali with Alex Thurston.

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