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Man accused of trying to kill Mali president dies in custody
The suspect, whose identity has not been revealed, had been taken into custody following the assassination attempt at Bamako's Grand Mosque on Tuesday.
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Mali interim leader says he's 'well' after assassination attempt
An assailant wielding a knife attacked Goita after prayers at the capital's Grand Mosque for the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha, an AFP journalist saw.
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Stabbing attempt on Mali interim president
Religious Affairs Minister Mamadou Kone told AFP that a man had "tried to kill the president with a knife" but was apprehended. Latus Toure, the director of the Great Mosque, said an attacker had lunged for the president but wounded someone else.
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UN calls for free, fair Mali polls minus coup leaders
The volatile west African nation has announced a new government with army figures in key roles, in the wake of an internationally condemned coup led by Colonel Assimi Goita last month.
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Mali junta boss to be sworn in as interim president
Mali's Colonel Assimi Goita, following his second coup in nine months, will be sworn into office Monday as transitional president despite international condemnation of the power grab.
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France halts joint military operations with Mali over coup
The decision comes after Mali's military strongman Assimi Goita, who led last year's coup, ousted the country's civilian transitional president and prime minister last week.
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African Union suspends Mali after second coup in nine months
In a statement, the AU warned that if the military did not hand back power to civilian transitional leaders, 'the Council will not hesitate to impose targeted sanctions and other punitive measures'.
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Ecowas suspends Mali over second coup in nine months
With the junta going back on its previous commitment to civilian political leaders, doubts have been raised about its other pledges, including a promise to hold elections in early 2022.
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Mali's new president heads to ECOWAS over double coup
ECOWAS invited Goita to come to Ghana's capital Accra for "consultations" ahead of an extraordinary summit on Sunday devoted to Mali, following the recent coup.
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Mali strongman Goita pledges to name new prime minister
On Monday, soldiers detained the leaders of a caretaker government tasked with steering Mali's return to civilian rule following a coup last August.
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Mali president and PM resign after arrest by military junta
President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane, tasked with steering the return to civilian rule after a coup last August, resigned in the presence of mediators visiting the military base where they were being held, said Baba Cisse, special advisor to junta boss Assimi Goita.
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Mali strongman ousts transitional leaders as France warns of sanctions
Assimi Goita, who headed a junta which seized power less than 10 months ago, said that transitional President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane had been stripped of their powers, and he promised elections in 2022.
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Mali interim Vice President Assimi Goita frees political and military figures
They former prisoners would "remain at the disposition of the courts if needed".
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Ex-defence minister appointed Mali's transition leader
Junta leader Colonel Assimi Goita said in a televised statement that former defence minister Bah Ndaw would become transition president -- while he himself would serve as vice president.
