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Mali’s military leader invites ECOWAS to dialogue, says new sanctions ‘inhumane’

Assimi Goita, Mali’s military ruler, says the country is open to dialogue with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in the wake of new sanctions imposed by the

Armed men attack Mali’s interim president during Eid prayers

Assimi Goita, Mali’s interim president, was attacked by two armed men on Tuesday at a mosque in the capital Bamako. The attackers, which included one who wielded a knife, lunged

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Ba N’Daou, Mali’s ex-defence minister, appointed as interim president

Ba N’Daou, Mali’s former defence minister, has been named as president of the country’s new transitional government. Assimi Goita, the head of Mali junta who broke the news on Monday,

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Malian colonel declares self head of junta

Assimi Goita, a colonel in the Malian army, has declared himself head of the “National Committee for the salvation of the People”, a group created by rebels in the country.

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