Military leader Col. Assimi Goita was sworn in as Mali's president of a transitional government Monday following the second coup in nine months led by him. Goita promised that presidential ...

DAKAR, June 7 (Reuters) - Assimi Goita, the Malian colonel who has overthrown two presidents in the past nine months, said he would oversee a transition toward democratic elections as he was sworn ...

Mali’s interim President Assimi Goita was targeted in an attempted stabbing on Tuesday, the Mali presidency said in a statement. The incident happened during prayers at the Grand Mosque in the ...

Mali's military leader Gen Assimi Goïta has won the backing of key political allies to be declared president for the next five years. The 41-year-old, who has seized power twice, was named ...

The decree signed on Wednesday by the transitional president, General Assimi Goita, cited “reasons of public order” and covered all “associations of a political character”, according to ...

Assimi Goita centre The first time Goïta rose to international attention was on the evening of 18 August 2020, when he appeared on state television to announce the arrest of then-president ...

When Mali’s Colonel Assimi Goita first seized power in a coup in 2020, the West African nation erupted in joy. His promises to hold elections and bring stability to parts of the country troubled ...

BAMAKO, April 29 (Reuters) - A national conference of political actors in Mali has recommended naming junta leader Assimi Goita, who seized power following coups in 2020 and 2021, as president ...

The recommendation would change Mali’s transitional charter – the temporary legal framework put in place after the 2021 coup – to install General Goïta as president “for a five-year ...