Mali government

The West African regional bloc's envoy for Mali was due in Bamako Sunday; amid growing doubts about whether the ruling junta will respect an African Union and ECOWAS deadline to hand over power to civilians next February. Former Nigerian…

A man accused of trying to kill Mali’s military strongman Assimi Goita, the figure behind two coups in less than a year, has died in custody. The suspect, whose identity has not been revealed, was taken into custody following the…

The Interim Mali President, Assimi Goita, a special forces colonel who orchestrated two coups in the last year, said he escaped unharmed after an assailant tried to stab him during prayers at a mosque in the capital Bamako on Tuesday.…

France President, Emmanuel Macron said that France will pull its troops out of Mali if it lurches towards what he called “radical Islamism” following the second coup in nine months. The President declared the warning in comments…