“Glory to the Malian army! Long live the five colonels!”: On 14 November, Colonel Assimi Goïta’s supporters thronged Bamako’s Independence Square following the announcement that the Malian Armed ...

“I am Colonel Assimi Goïta, president of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People [CNSP]”. It was with these words, pronounced in hesitant tone before the press summoned to the Kati ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The head of the military junta that seized power in Mali in 2020 promoted himself Wednesday to the rank of army general with special title: Colonel Assimi Goita of the land army, ...

A colonel in Mali's army says he's now in charge of the West African country, declaring himself chairman of the junta that forced the democratically elected but unpopular president to resign. Col.

At a time when leaders across West Africa are mostly well into their 60s, a protest wave and two coup d'etats in nine months has propelled a younger leader into the 'group.' When protesters ousted ...

The candidacy of the new head of the transitional period, Assimi Goïta, for the presidential elections is causing heated debate, both among the civil community of the country and at the subregional ...