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  2 Mali soldiers killed in suspected jihadist ambush

  Agence France-Presse . Bamako | Updated at 10:50am on June 14, 2021

  Two soldiers have been killed in an ambush by suspected jihadists and eight United Nations troops wounded by a landmine in conflict-riven Mali, military and...

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  Mali announces new govt with army figures

  Agence France-Presse . Bamako | Updated at 04:20pm on June 12, 2021

  Mali announced a new government on Friday in which key roles were retained by army figures, according to a statement read out on the national...

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  Mali junta boss to be sworn in as interim president

  Agence France-Presse . Bamako | Updated at 11:34pm on June 07, 2021

  Mali’s Colonel Assimi Goita, following his second coup in nine months, will be sworn into office Monday as transitional president despite international condemnation of the...

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  France warns Mali’s ruling junta

  Agence France-Presse . Bamako | Updated at 01:07am on June 06, 2021

  Supporters of Mali’s M5 opposition movement staged a rally on Friday, with the group poised to join the government following the crisis-stricken country’s second coup...

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  Colonel Goita declared Mali’s transitional president

  Agence France-Presse . Bamako | Updated at 01:18pm on May 29, 2021

    Mali's constitutional court on Friday named Colonel Assimi Goita, leader of the post-coup junta, as the country's transitional president. The judgement stipulated that Goita...

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  Mali’s Assimi Goita, special ops commander turned strongman

  Agence France-Presse . Bamako | Updated at 08:03pm on May 28, 2021

  Colonel Assimi Goita, who led a coup in Mali in 2020, has once more taken the reins of power in the war-torn Sahel state. This...

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  Mali military frees president, PM, takes control over government

  Agence France-Presse . Bamako, Mali | Updated at 11:40pm on May 27, 2021

  The Malian military have released the country's interim leaders but taken control of the government, sources said on Thursday, in moves that have fallen far...

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  Mali in turmoil as strongman ousts transitional leaders

  Agence France-Presse . Bamako | Updated at 11:33pm on May 25, 2021

  Political turmoil in Mali deepened Tuesday as the country’s strongman pushed out transitional leaders who had been tasked with steering the return to civilian rule...

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  Mali fears coup as army detains leaders

  Agence France-Presse . Bamako | Updated at 10:16am on May 25, 2021

  Malian officers upset with a government reshuffle have detained the president and prime minister at an army camp outside the capital, triggering broad international condemnation...

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  Mali woman gives birth to nine babies

  Agence France-Presse . Bamako | Updated at 11:13pm on May 05, 2021

  A Malian woman gave birth to nonuplets in Morocco on Tuesday and all nine babies are ‘doing well’, her government said, although Moroccan authorities had...