The protest movement demanding the departure of the ruling power in Mali on Tuesday called for a " meditation " rally on Friday, a week after a demonstration that degenerated into three days of unrest that left at least 11 people dead.
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Malians will be called to pray for the dead at the Independence monument in Bamako, said one of the movement's leaders, Mountaga Tall. " It is a gathering of meditation and prayer, " he said at a press conference.
The demonstration last Friday, under the sign of " civil disobedience ", had degenerated into attacks against the Parliament and against national television, then in three days of civil unrest, the most serious that the capital Bamako has known since 2012 .
Precarious calm has gradually returned since Sunday afternoon. However, the leaders of the protest movement gave no signs to the press on Tuesday, and Mountaga Tall maintained the requirement to leave President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta and the slogan of " civil disobedience ". " The one who asked to be killed is no longer our president, " he said.