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Bamako

January 10, 2022

ECOWAS Sanctions: Mali recalls ambassadors, close borders in retaliation

Reciprocating the ECOWAS sanctions, the government of Mali condemned them as “illegal and illegitimate.”

Malian President Assimi Goita
July 26, 2021

Malian President Assimi Goita’s attacker dies in custody

The man who attacked and attempted to stab Malian President Assimi Goita last week has died in hospital while in the custody of security services, the government said.

Malian President Assimi Goita
May 26, 2021

Arrested Malian president, prime minister resign

Mali’s interim Vice President Assimi Goita said they were ousted for violating the transition charter.

Mali President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane
May 14, 2021

Coup talk and echoes of a Banana Republic

You can choose when to have a military government, but often, you can’t decide when, or even if, they would leave.

President Muhammadu Buhari