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Recouped: Colonel Assimi Goita has now removed two presidents from office.
Photo: Michele
Cattani/AFP

Assimi Goïta: The man who ousted two presidents in nine months

Colonel Assimi Goïta – now President Assimi Goïta – has once again thrown Mali’s politics into disarray

Courting influence: Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (left) met Niger’s President Mahamadou Issoufou (right) in July, before visiting Mali after the coup that ousted a France-friendly government. (Cem Ozdel/Anadolu Agency via AFP)

Turkey goes on charm offensive in West Africa

The foreign minister’s visits to Mali, Senegal and Niger leverage colonial-era hurts to pave the way for Turkey’s investment in francophone Africa

President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (also known as IBK) has been forced out of power following military intervention.

What is happening in Mali is a coup. We must call it that

Zimbabwe called its coup a military-assisted transition to sidestep sanctions. Mali is doing the same. But failing to call power grabs by their name makes it harder to defend…

Protest leader: Imam Mahmoud Dicko addresses a huge crowd in Bamako on June 5 (Photo: Michele Cattani/AFP)

When the President met the Imam – with Mali’s future hanging in the balance

President Keita faces no shortage of challenges to his authority. Can he hold on to power?

This was the deadliest attack in Mali since the 2013 French-led military intervention that drove back jihadist groups who had taken control of the north of the country. (Reuters/Benoit Tessier)

Malian leader vows security as massacre toll hits 160

The deadly raid took place on Saturday in the village of Ogassogou, home to the Fulani herding community, near the town of Mopti in central Mali

UNICEF says Malian children are paying a heavy price for the intensification of violence. (Reuters/Luc Gnago)

Mali sacks senior army officers, dissolves militia after massacre

Once considered a beacon of democracy and stability in Africa, Mali in recent years has been dogged by a coup, civil war and Islamist terrorism

“I thank you from the bottom of my heart for putting your trust in me once more,” said Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (Getty)

Keita re-elected Mali president by a landslide

Ibrahim Boubacar Keita picked up 67.17% of Sunday’s vote against 32.83% for opposition challenger and former finance minister Soumaila Cisse

Soumaila Cisse has accused the government camp of electoral fraud, including vote buying and ballot-box stuffing. (Issouf Sanogo/AFP Photo)

Mali opposition candidate vows to reject presidential election results

Soumaila Cisse: ‘We have a large lead. We do not accept that our voice is stolen. This is why there are results we will not accept’

President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (left) is the clear front runner in a reprise of his face off against former finance minister Soumaila Cisse (right). (Luc Gnago/Reuters)

Mali counts votes after poll worker slain

On the eve of voting, authorities said they had disrupted a plot to carry out "targeted attacks" in the capital Bamako

President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (also known as IBK) has been forced out of power following military intervention.

Mali in presidential runoff in shadow of security crisis

After the July 29 first-round vote the pool of candidates was reduced from 24 to two

Municipalities were placed under restrictions to cut water use by 45%. (Mike Hutchings/Reuters)

Suspicion of electoral fraud revives civilian tensions in Mali

In the north and centre of the country — shaken by jihadist violence and lawlessness — tension has been sharpened by the vote

Nubank is a financial technology company created in 2013, whose founders, including 37-year-old Colombian David Vélez — wanted to “break from the system’s inertia”. (Paulo Whitaker/Reuters)

Mali election: The wind of change, or deja vu all over again?

On August 12, incumbent Ibrahim Boubacar Keita will face Soumaila Cisse in a runoff vote, in a repeat of the 2013 poll

If no candidate gains more than 50 percent of the vote in Sunday’s first round, a second round will take place on August 12. (Joe Penney/Reuters)

Mali elections marred by rocket attacks, violence

The count has begun in Mali after an election marred by violence

The NSTF-South32 trophy

Counting under way after Mali’s violence-marred poll

Not a single ballot was cast at 716 of the polling stations in two regions following threats and attacks by armed groups

Twenty-seven candidates ran for office with President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Soumaila Cisse as the two leading candidates. (AFP)

Mali’s election: An imperfect success story

Despite the ever-present threat of conflict and violence, the country can be proud of its fragile stability

Treasury’s director general, Dondo Mogajane.

The soldiers who won’t fight

Many of Mali’s soldiers aren’t prepared to risk their lives fighting in the north of the country. One deserter explains why

Mali: More than 500 under observation for Ebola

Mali has placed a total of 577 people under observation after two people died from the deadly virus in the capital Bamako.

A delegation of the Ecowas observer mission monitor the counting of cast votes at a polling station in Bamako.

Empty voter booths and election abuses for Mali

A low turnout and vote abuses has marred elections meant to complete Mali’s democratic transition.

Keita cuts short France visit amid renewed fighting in Mali

Insurgents have launched a fresh attack against the Malian army in Kidal, forcing President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to cut his France trip short.

Tough times lie ahead for Mali

Besides its own challenges, the region must address the economic and trafficking problems.