FILE - Leader of Mali's ruling junta Lt. Col. Assimi Goita, center, attends an independence day military parade in Bamako, Mali on Sept. 22, 2022. (AP Photo, File) BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The head of the ...

Mali's junta leader Colonel Assimi Goita and five other key figures in the military administration have been promoted to general, according to a statement released after a cabinet meeting Wednesday.

Caught between a shortage of hydrocarbons and a resurgence of jihadist attacks on major roads, Mali’s transitional president is striving to contain a crisis that threatens both his authority and the ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The head of the military junta that seized power in Mali in 2020 promoted himself Wednesday to the rank of army general with special title: Colonel Assimi Goita of the land army, ...