The move clears the way for Assimi Goita to lead Mali until at least 2030, despite pledge to return to civilian rule.

The President of the Malian transitional military government, Assimi Goita, officially received the new National Charter on ...

Mali's military coup presents former colonial power France with a diplomatic nightmare, having invested considerable military and political capital in a regional anti-jihadist campaign now in peril.

On Tuesday, jihadist fighters launched a series of simultaneous attacks on military posts across numerous towns in Mali - the third major assault on the army over the last month. Since taking power, ...

Five years since the Mali coup of 2020, the key lesson is that the international community must move beyond the view of coups ...

A court in Mali has rejected Barrick Mining’s (TSX: ABX) (NYSE: B) appeal to release four employees arrested in November, ...

This kept Mali from achieving a lasting peace and much prosperity in the north. Since 2012, when a separatist rebellion in the north was defeated, there have been efforts to revive the fragile economy ...

January 31, 2024: The West African nation of Mali faces another bad year in 2024. That is saying something because this nation of 23 million is one of the most corrupt in the world and also one of the ...

Five years after taking power by force, Mali's junta leader, General Assimi Goita, has abandoned his promise of a democratic transition, extending his military rule for at least five more years ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Officials say the leader of Mali's 2012 coup could face the death penalty after a revision of charges filed against him over the deaths of soldiers who opposed his rise to power.

Malian authorities have changed the indictment against former military coup leader General Amadou Sanogo to a more serious charge of conspiracy to murder which carries the death penalty in the ...