Mali celebrates this Saturday, the 1st edition of the National Day of Regained Sovereignty, a day declared “unemployed and paid” on the extent of the national territory, established by the authorities of the transition in memory of the great mobilization of January 14, 2022 against the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) sanctions imposed on Mali.
According to the Government, “this day aims to strengthen the patriotic feeling and to magnify the regained sovereignty of Mali, which is now based on the three principles defined by the President of the Transition, Colonel Assimi Goïta in accordance with the vision of the Malian people, namely: respect for the sovereignty of Mali, respect for the strategic choices and partners made by Mali, the defense of the vital interests of the Malian populations in all the decisions taken.
The celebration of this first edition will be marked, among other things, by activities in schools on the themes of patriotism, sovereignty, national resistance and rebuilding as well as by the organization of conference-debates in the university environment and in the regional capitals.
Ministerial delegations have, moreover, been sent to each regional capital to celebrate this day with the populations through the organization of conferences and debates.
The Prime Minister, Choguel Kokalla Maïga, went to Ségou, the second administrative region of Mali, as part of the day of regained sovereignty.
As a reminder, the Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), meeting in ordinary session in Accra, on January 9, 2022, decided on economic and financial sanctions against The Mali. There was also talk of the freezing of Malian assets in the central and commercial banks of ECOWAS, including the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO), the closing of land and air borders between the country and the other ECOWAS Member States, the suspension of commercial transactions with Mali with the exception of medical and essential products and the withdrawal of ambassadors from all member countries in Mali.
Mali had also been suspended from all financial assistance from the organization’s financial institutions to the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) and the West African Development Bank (BOAD).
On July 4, 2022, the Heads of State and Government of the sub-regional organization decided to lift the economic and financial sanctions imposed on Mali since January 9 of the same year.
