Saturday, November 16, 2024

Mali junta leader sworn in as president after 2nd coup

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali coup leader Col. Assimi Goita was sworn in Monday as president of a transitional government, solidifying his grip on power in the West African nation after carrying out his second coup in nine months.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Mali junta leader sworn in as president after 2nd coup

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali coup leader Col. Assimi Goita was sworn in Monday as president of a transitional government, solidifying his grip on power in the West African nation after carrying out his second coup in nine months.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Mali junta leader sworn in as president after 2nd coup

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali coup leader Col. Assimi Goita was sworn in Monday as president of a transitional government, solidifying his grip on power in the West African nation after carrying out his second coup in nine months.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Mali's coup leader wrests back control of the government

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The man who ousted Mali's president from power last year regained control of the West African country Tuesday by deposing the president and prime minister of the transitional government, a move France decried as another coup d'etat.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Mali's coup leader wrests back control of the government

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The man who ousted Mali's president from power last year regained control of the West African country Tuesday by deposing the president and prime minister of the transitional government, a move France decried as another coup d'etat.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Mali's coup leader wrests back control of the government

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The man who ousted Mali's president from power last year regained control of the West African country Tuesday by deposing the president and prime minister of the transitional government, a move France decried as another coup d'etat.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Mali's coup leader dismisses president and prime minister

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s former coup leader Assimi Goita took control of the country again Tuesday after firing the president and prime minister of the transitional government after they announced a cabinet reshuffle without his permission.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Mali's president, PM remain detained by mutinous soldiers

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s transitional president and prime minister remain detained Tuesday after being taken by force to the military headquarters hours after a government reshuffle left out two members of the junta that had seized power in a coup nine months ago.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Mali's president and PM remain detained by mutinous soldiers

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s transitional president and prime minister remain detained Tuesday after being taken by force to the military headquarters hours after a government reshuffle left out two members of the junta that had seized power in a coup nine months ago.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

3 peacekeepers killed, 6 wounded by attack in northern Mali

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Three United Nations peacekeepers died and six more were wounded Wednesday in northern Mali hours before the U.N.’s top official in the country expressed cautious optimism that a new roadmap would lead the turbulent West African nation to elections in March 2022.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

3 peacekeepers killed, 6 wounded by attack in northern Mali

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Three United Nations peacekeepers died and six more were wounded Wednesday in northern Mali hours before the U.N.’s top official in the country expressed cautious optimism that a new roadmap would lead the turbulent West African nation to elections in March 2022.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Witnesses say 20 are killed in an airstrike in central Mali

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — At least 20 people have been killed in an airstrike on a village in central Mali where Islamic extremists had confronted a wedding party, witnesses said Tuesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Mali opposition leader Cissé dies after contracting COVID-19

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Soumaila Cissé, Mali's main opposition leader who was held hostage for six months earlier this year by jihadis and was considered a leading contender in the 2022 presidential election, has died in Paris. He was 71.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Mali opposition leader Cissé dies after contracting COVID-19

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Soumaila Cissé, Mali's main opposition leader who was held hostage for six months earlier this year by jihadis and was considered a leading contender in the 2022 presidential election, has died in Paris. He was 71.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Mali opposition leader Cissé dies after contracting COVID-19

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Soumaila Cissé, Mali's main opposition leader who was held hostage for six months earlier this year by jihadis and was considered a leading contender in the 2022 presidential election, has died in Paris. He was 71.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Mali's opposition leader and ex-hostage dies with COVID-19

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali's opposition leader Soumaila Cisse, who was held hostage for six months earlier this year by jihadists and was considered a leading contender in 2022 elections, has died in Paris, his family said Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Explosions in 3 Malian cities amid jihadist attacks

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The cities of Kidal, Gao and Menaka in northern Mali were hit by simultaneous attacks on Monday against military camps housing international forces, according to residents and a United Nations official.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Mali's former president Amadou Toumani Toure dies at 72

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s former president Amadou Toumani Toure has died at the age of 72.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Attacks by suspected jihadists kill 22 in central Mali

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Suspected Islamic extremists have carried out a series of attacks in central Mali killing at least 22 people, a spokesman for Mali’s defense minister said Wednesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

29 soldiers killed in attack on army post in northern Mali

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Armed men attacked a Malian army camp in the Gao region in the north, killing at least 29 soldiers, the army said Thursday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO