Mali president’s speech fails to appease opposition

Mali’s main protest leader called for fresh anti-government demonstrations on Thursday, rejecting the president’s latest attempts to appease the resurgent opposition in the fragile West African state. Mahmoud Dicko, an influential imam who has emerged as the leader of the so-called June 5 opposition movement, said through his political group on social media that a protest planned for Friday would go ahead. The move came as the rest of the…