Mali's ruling junta files lawsuit over 'absolute illegality' of West Africa monetary sanctions
Published on: Monday 21 February 2022
Mali has taken legal action to get sanctions imposed by West Africa's monetary union lifted, lawyers for the country's ruling military junta said on Monday as it battles a debt crisis that threatens to wreck the economy. Eight-nation regional monetary authority UEMOA on Jan. 9 told all financial institutions under its umbrella to suspend Mali with immediate effect after the junta - which overthrew the president in a coup in 2020 - reneged on a...