Assimi Goita

Along with neighbouring Niger, the two countries have suffered thousands of fatalities and more than two million people have fled their homes.
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The leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) agreed measures comparable to those taken after an August 2020 putsch, which included the closure of borders with Mali, the senior official said on condition of…
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Malian strongman Colonel Assimi Goita survived an assassination attempt at a mosque in Bamako on Tuesday, in the latest blow to stability in a country reeling from two military coups in less than a year.
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West African leaders will meet in Ghana on Sunday to discuss a response to Mali's second coup in nine months, with the new president Colonel Assimi Goita attending.
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Mali's interim legislature on Saturday chose Colonel Malick Diaw, a leading player in an August coup, as its president despite anger over the military's increasing clout in politics.
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A leading opposition group on Wednesday warned of a military stranglehold on Mali's post-coup government and called for "resistance.... to save democracy" in the Sahel state.
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Mali's new president has been sworn into office, five weeks after the overthrow of Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta.
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Mali's military junta leader, Colonel Assimi Goita, on Tuesday demanded an end to potentially crippling economic sanctions imposed after last month's coup in the poor Sahel state.
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