Mali's new president Bah N’Daw will be in Dakar tomorrow
The President of the Transition in Mali will be in Dakar tomorrow for an official stay of 48 hours. Bah N’Daw, who is making his first tour, is also expected in Togo, Bissau and Ghana.
The president of the transition in Mali, Bah N’Daw, began this Thursday his first sub-regional tour which will take him for five (5) days in Ghana, Togo, Senegal and Guinea-Bissau. Beyond political questions, economic questions will be at the center of this trip.
Already shaken by the covid-19 crisis, the health of the Malian economy has seriously shaken following the serious political crisis that the country has gone through and which led to the fall of former President Ibrahim Boubacar Kéïta (IBK) overthrown by the military. The international sanctions that followed this putsch also dealt a further blow to this struggling economy.
According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), after a growth of 5.1% of GDP in 2019, the Malian economy should experience in 2020, a recession with a growth rate that would stand at -2% at the end of the year. year.
In such a context, strengthening economic cooperation at the sub-regional level seems to be one of the main options chosen by the transition authorities in Mali in order to revive the country's economy.
Source Senenews
