The bill granting Gen. Assimi Goita an unelected presidential mandate was approved by Mali's transitional parliament on ...

Assimi Goïta, Mali’s military leader, has been granted a five-year presidential term by the transitional parliament, ...

Five years after taking power by force, Mali's junta leader, General Assimi Goita, has abandoned his promise of a democratic ...

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

Mali's military leader Gen Assimi Goïta has been granted a five-year presidential term by the transitional parliament, which ...

Mali's military government has granted General Assimi Goïta a renewable five-year term as president of the west African ...

Mali's military authorities on Thursday granted the junta chief a five-year presidential mandate, renewable "as many times as ...

The bill was passed by the National Transitional Council, which is composed of 147 members, and now goes to the junta chief ...

Russia and Mali have signed agreements to strengthen trade and economic relations. President Putin met with Mali's military ...

Col. Assimi Goita speaks to the press at the Malian Ministry of Defence in Bamako, Mali, on Aug. 19, 2020 after confirming his position as the president of the National Committee for the Salvation ...

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 ...

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 in as interim president ...