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A man accused of the assassination attempt on Mali's military strongman Assimi Goita, the figure behind two coups in less than a year, has died in custody, the government said on Sunday. The suspect, whose identity has not been revealed, had been taken into custody after the assassination attempt on Bamako's large mosque on Tuesday. "During investigations ... his health deteriorated" and he was later hospitalized, but "unfortunately he died", the government said in a statement. It added that an…

The Malian leader of a coup last August, Colonel Assimi Goita, who has overthrown two presidents in the past nine months, swore in as interim president of the chronically unstable Sahel state on Monday after the country's second nine-month coup. The ceremony in the capital Bamako came after Goita fired the civilian president and prime minister of a transitional government on May 24 to international condemnation. "I swear before God and the Malian people to preserve the Republican regime ... to preserve…

France plans to suspend joint military operations with the Malian forces, citing the country's second nine-month coup that led to the resignation of civilian interim presidents and prime ministers following the arrest, as well as the recent West African state suspension from the African Union (AU) and the West African Economic Community (ECOWAS). , Thursday's decision came after Mali's military strongman Assimi Goita, who led last year's coup, fired President Bah Ndaw, Prime Minister Moctar Ouane and…

The African Union (AU) announced that it was suspending Mali with immediate effect and threatening the poor country with sanctions after a second military coup in nine months. The coup has raised deep concerns about stability in the volatile Sahel region and warnings of financial sanctions from the entire international community. The AU "decides ... to immediately suspend the Republic of Mali from participating in all activities of the African Union, its bodies and institutions, until the normal…

Mali's constitutional court appointed the leader of the junta after the coup Colonel Assimi Goita as the country's interim president on Friday. The ruling provided that Goita would "exercise the functions of interim president to lead the transition process to its conclusion", following his takeover this week. The Constitutional Court said it had made the decision because of the "vacancy in the presidency" after the departure of caretaker President Bah Ndaw. Soldiers arrested Ndaw and Prime Minister…

Mali's ousted interim president and prime minister have been released after being arrested and detained by the military for three days in a blatant second military coup in nine months, an assistant to the vice president said on Thursday. Interim President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane were taken to a military base outside the capital on Monday, triggering a political crisis in the West African country and threatening sanctions from the major powers. The two men resigned while in custody on…