Keita led the country from 2013 until he was removed from office in a coup in 2020
Former Mali president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. Picture: LUC GNAGO/REUTERS
Disputed legislative elections, rumours of corruption and low economic growth also fuelled public anger and drew tens of thousands onto the streets of the capital Bamako in 2020 to demand his resignation. Leaders from the region including Senegalese President Macky Sall and Burkina Faso President Roch KaborThe cause of death was not immediately clear. A former adviser said Keita, who frequently travelled abroad for medical attention, had died at home in Bamako.
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