The United Nations' peace keeping mission in Mali has grounded its flights amid discussions over sanctions that have shut air and land borders to the West African country. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the regional monetary union sanctioned Mali last week after its interim government, installed in the wake of coups in 2020 and2021, proposed delaying planned elections by up to four years. For a perspective on this, we are joined in studio by…

Guest: Nixon Katembo - African Affairs analyst and language specialist at channel Africa Kiswahili desk