Gunfire rang out early Friday close to a key military base near the Malian capital, an AFP journalist and local residents said, although the cause was not immediately clear. The Sahel state is struggling with both a jihadist insurgency and political turbulence, experiencing two coups within the last ..
Colonel Assimi Goïta is the acting president of Mali and has led the nation’s transition following an August 2020 coup d etat. Over the span of just 9 months, he led two separate successful coups.
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