More than 90% of surveyed Malians say they have confidence in Russia to help their country in the face of insecurity and jihadism, according to an opinion survey published on Wednesday 3 May.

Mali's military leader Gen Assimi Goïta has been granted a five-year presidential term by the transitional parliament, which is renewable without elections. The junta leader, who has seized power ...

Assimi Goita - the Malian colonel who has overthrown two presidents in the past nine months - was sworn in as interim president on Monday (June 7). The 38-year-old special forces commander had already ...

The two men are installed in Koulouba – the “hill of power”, but for some there is no doubt about who really exercises it. Ever since they took power on 18 August, overthrowing Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta ...

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 elections, ...

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 ...