The Africa Forward summit is taking place in Kenya without Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso – three Sahelian countries whose relations with France have soured since 2020. In an exclusive interview ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Assimi Goita - the Malian colonel who has overthrown two presidents in the past nine months - was sworn in as interim president on ...

Mali's junta chief has granted himself a five-year presidential mandate, renewable "as many times as necessary" and without election, in a law made public Thursday. General Assimi Goïta's approval of ...

Malian officials announced on 4 May 2026 that junta leader General Assimi Goïta would take on the post of defence minister after the killing of General Sadio Camara a week earlier. Camara’s death ...

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 ...

Colonel Assimi Goita has become the new interim president of Mali. The young army officer has instigated two military power grabs in the impoverished country, provoking international concern. Mali on ...

In this Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020, file photo, Col. Assimi Goita meets with a high-level delegation from the West African regional bloc known as ECOWAS, at the Ministry of Defense in Bamako, Mali. (AP ...

The latest news and top stories on Assimi Goita of Burkina Faso. A career military officer, he rose through the ranks, serving in special forces and coordinating counter-terrorism operations in Mali's ...