In yet another blow to democracy in Mali, the country’s Council of Ministers on April 30, 2025, effectively banned all ...

In the dusty streets of Bamako, voices once muffled by military rule rang out again. Hundreds of Malians gathered on 3 May in ...

Hundreds of activists defied threats from Mali’s military government in the first pro-democracy rally since soldiers took ...

Mali’s military ruler, General Assimi Goïta, has secured the endorsement of key political allies to remain President for the ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A national political conference launched by Mali’s military regime has recommended naming junta leader ...

Mali's military leader Gen Assimi Goïta has won the backing of key political allies to be declared president for the next ...

A national political forum in Mali has proposed making military leader Assimi Goïta the country's president, with a five-year renewable term starting in 2025. The recommendation would change Mali's ...

Opposition leader Tundu Lissu was arrested alongside some members of his party shortly after a rally on 9 April, and is now due to appear before the Kisitu court in Dar es Salaam on 24 April ...

Burkina Faso's military junta claimed Monday to have foiled a "major plot in the making" aimed at "sowing total chaos", saying it believed the masterminds were in neighbouring Côte d'Ivoire ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Guidance from the Democratic governor of Wisconsin's administration to state employees about what to do if immigration officials or other federal agents show up at their ...

Contrast this with the so-called “coup belt.” In Mali, Colonel Assimi Goïta, after orchestrating coups in August 2020 and May 2021, remains averse to elections. Guinea’s Mamady Doumbouya, who ousted ...

"The issue is resolved in Mali. There's no more rebellion, only a residual terrorist threat that we will soon defeat," Assimi Goïta, the head of the transition, told him. Doha's African ...