Choguel Kokalla Maïga

In front of diplomats in February Prime Minister Choguel Maïga accused Minusma of using aircraft to spy on FAMA bases (AC Vol 62 No 20 Toxic relationship in the Sahel)...

Buoyed by apparent gains made by the Forces Armées Maliennes (FAMA the armed forces) and Wagner elements in recent months in central Mali Prime Minister Choguel Maïga has in recent weeks lauded the growing strength of the national forces...

Mali's ties with Moscow date back to the authoritarian Moussa Traoré presidency and have been continued by the current prime minister Choguel Maïga a vocal critic of France and defender of security ties with Russia...

It is a difficult sell domestically where public opinion – as right across the Sahel – has been enthused by Mali's junta leader Col Assimi Goïta and the populist-nationalist rhetoric of his premier Choguel Maïga in defying France...

That reminds both sides of President Emmanuel Macron's fury after Bamako's prime minister Choguel Maïga told the UN that France had abandoned Mali 'in mid-flight'...

Col Goïta and Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop have avoided Choguel Maïga-style rhetoric while defending their regime's sovereign right to work with the international forces of its choosing...

Prime Minister Choguel Maïga remains defiant hosting traditional leaders from around the country who compliantly backed a prolongation of the transition...

Malian Prime Minister Choguel Maïga repeated his accusation that Paris is acting unilaterally in pulling out of their bases in northern Mali while two Algerian students resigned from a youth panel the Elysée had set up to advise on how to remember colonial rule and their country's independence war (AC Vol 62 No 20 Toxic relationship in the Sahel)...

In a UN speech on 25 September Malian Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maïga justified the recruitment of Russian fighters by saying that in deciding to scale back its anti-Islamist Opération Barkhane France had 'abandoned Mali in mid-flight'...

Maïga keeps his options open Mali's interim prime minister the veteran political warhorse Choguel Kokalla Maïga has criticised France and the international community while playing down the controversy over the possible arrival in Mali of mercenaries belonging to Russia's Wagner Group...

Maïga planMeanwhile the colonels' nominated prime minister civilian Choguel Kokalla Maïga attempts to win back public confidence with his elections plan...

Most prominent among them is former communications minister Choguel Maïga who on 20 August tried to regain some of the initiative by repeatedly insisting that the military had 'heeded the call of the people'...

Other heavyweights backing ATT include Union Economique et Monétaire Ouest-Africaine Commissioner Soumaïla Cissé and Choguel Kokalla Maïga Finance Minister and President of the Mouvement Patriotique pour le Renouveau...