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April 12th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Speaking at an inauguration ceremony in the capital Bakamo on Thursday, Dioncounda Traore said that his government will “never negotiate about the partition of Mali.”
“We won’t hesitate to wage a total, relentless war to regain our territorial integrity and also to kick out of our country all these invaders who bring despair and misery,” he said.
Traore, who heads the country’s national assembly, is to serve as Mali’s president for 40 days under an agreement between regional mediators and the leaders of the junta that took power after a military coup three weeks ago.
The power vacuum following the coup permeated Tuareg separatist rebels in northern Mali to declare an independent state, larger than the size of France.
The junta justified toppling former President Amadou Toumani Toure on the grounds that that the government had failed in resisting the separatists.
Following the coup, however, rebels vastly strengthened their position and captured key towns in the country’s north.
Under mounting regional and international pressure, the coup leaders handed power over to Traore as part of a deal brokered by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
The ECOWAS has said it is ready to send some 3,000 troops to assist the civilian leader in reclaiming northern Mali.
Meanwhile, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay warned that growing tensions between different ethnic groups in the country are increasing the risk of sectarian violence.
She said the situation appears to be deteriorating in Mali. She cited reports of civilians being killed, robbed, raped and forced to leave their homes, while hospitals and medical facilities have been looted.
MRS/JR
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