Assimi Goïta

The recent dramatic gains by the FLA and Jama'at Nusrat al Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM) have shifted the balance of military power opening up a possible path to inclusive talks – although having seen President Assimi Goïta's junta tear up the 2015 Algiers accord including its decentralisation pledges the separatists have little trust in the regime...

In 2020 as violent protests against the Keïta government mounted Dicko entered into an alliance of convenience with another former Traoré supporter Choguel Kokalla Maïga and used Friday prayers to mobilise massive crowds that wanted Keïta out – which duly happened when then-Colonel Assimi Goïta launched his coup on 18 August (AC Vol 61 No 17 No road back for Keïta)...

MALI: The coordinated attacks by a jihadist-Tuareg alliance have shaken the junta Three days after Jama'at Nusrat al Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM) fighters killed defence minister Sadio Camara and destroyed his home in Kati General Assimi Goïta finally resurfaced...

In just over two years Assimi Goïta and his comrades have angered the Algerian government twice...

Traoré is surrounded by a cult of personality far beyond the more routine self-promotion of Mali's President Assimi Goïta or the Nigérien leader Abdourahamane Tiani...

Amid a combined offensive by Tuareg and jihadist fighters against the Bamako junta at dawn on 25 April the killing of Defence Minister General Sadio Camara the architect of the defence partnership with Russia has struck a symbolic blow against General Assimi Goïta's regime...

‘The changes that have been introduced to the mining code since the second coup by Assimi Goïta have been incremental ' said one analyst we consulted...

The chairmanship of the G5 Sahel security alliance should have passed to Mali led by junta leader Assimi Goïta...

Mali's leader Gen Assimi Goïta sees his deal with Canada's Barrick Gold – in which the junta received CFA 244 billion (US$430 million) in back taxes and duties ahead of the reopening of Loulo-Gounkoto complex regarded as the world's biggest gold mine – as a vindication of his tough negotiating tactics including the detention of Barrick staff...

SlopagandaNone of the three AES leaders – General Assimi Goïta in Mali Captain Ibrahim Traoré in Burkina Faso and General Abdourahmane Tiani in Niger admits he is losing a war (AC Vol 66 No 12 Jihadists hit harder as junta loses focus Vol 66 No 17 General Tiani tightens grip as regional rumblings grow louder & Vol 66 No 6 Captain Traoré digs in for a long stay)...

Colonel Assimi Goïta's junta faces a blockade of the Bamako region led by Jama'at Nusrat al Islam wal Muslimeen a group of Islamist insurgents linked to Al Qaida in the Sahel...

As consumers sit in long queues for the ever more expensive dribble of petrol and diesel that does still get through President Assimi Goïta's regime has reacted by accusing traders of speculation stepping up its sovereigntist rhetoric and intensifying the crackdown on domestic critics...

Opposition down but not out The crisis in Kayes is occurring as the government tries to consolidate control with President Assimi Goïta confirmed as head of state for a five more years all political parties shut down and relentless repression of critics...