Tag: Assimi Goita
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Mali’s interim president, Assimi Goita attacked with knife during eid prayers inside mosque
Mali’s interim President Assimi Goita was attacked yesterday by two armed men at a mosque in the capital Bamako. The attackers, including someone who wielded a knife, lunged at Goita during prayers for the Islamic festival of Eid-al-Adha. Religious Affairs Minister Mamadou Kone confirmed that a man had “tried to kill the President with a…
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Mali’s interim president, Goita escapes assassination in foiled coup attempt
A coup d’état has been foiled in the Republic of Mali as the interim president of the West African country, Colonel Assimi Goita on Tuesday escaped an assassination attempt. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports two armed men attacked Goita who himself led a coup that ousted elected president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita last August. The attack happened at…
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Mali court names coup leader Col Assimi Goïta transitional president
Mali’s constitutional court has named the leader of the country’s military coup, Colonel Assimi Goïta, as its transitional president. Col Goïta had already declared himself interim president on Wednesday, two days after seizing power in Mali’s second coup in nine months. He also led the first coup last August, which saw the elected President Ibrahim…
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Assimi Goita declares self new ‘president’ of Mali
Colonel Assimi Goita has emerged the head of the military junta in Mali that ousted the elected government of President Boubacar Keita on Tuesday. Goita introduced himself Wednesday at a meeting with the secretaries-generals of government ministries. He chose the title of President. “Let me introduce myself: I am Colonel Assimi Goita, the president of…