Assimi Goïta

Not least Paris's condemnation of Colonel Assimi Goïta's coup d'état in Bamako but its acceptance of the military takeover in Ndjamena after the demise of Déby Itno opened Paris up to a familiar charge of hypocrisy (AC Vol 62 No 11 Don't call it a coup)...

However the following day an indignant declaration appeared in the name of Col Assimi Goïta Vice-President of the transition...

Signed by junta leader Colonel Assimi Goïta alone it insists that IBK resigned demands immunity from prosecution for those involved in the 18 August coup and states that in case of contradictions between the 1992 Constitution and the Charter the latter takes precedence...

Vice-President Assimi Goïta follows the same track saying the fight against terrorism remains top priority and the UN's Mission multidimensionnelle intégrée des Nations unies pour la stabilisation au Mali (Minusma) the French Opération Barkhane the regional G5 Sahel Force and even the embryonic European operation Takuba remain Mali's main partners in this...

The Vice-President will be the putschists' leader Colonel Assimi Goïta for whom the military have proposed extensive powers over the reshaping of the Malian state...

They are: Colonels Assimi Goïta and Malick Diaw respectively leader and deputy-leader of the committee; Colonel-Major Ismaël Wagué a fighter pilot and second-in-command of the air force; and Cols Modibo Koné and Sadio Camara...

Spokesman Colonel-Major Ismaël Wagué led proceedings flanked by four more colonels: junta leader Assimi Goïta Malick Diaw Modibo Koné and Sadio Camara...

They are: Colonels Assimi Goïta and Malick Diaw respectively leader and deputy-leader of the committee; Colonel-Major Ismaël Wagué a fighter pilot and second-in-command of the air force; and Cols...