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The junta will continue accepting Russian assistance but may deepen ties with Turkey, Burkina Faso, Niger and potentially the United States. Other governments relying on Russia’s Africa Corps will watch the outcome closely.
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The junta will continue accepting Russian assistance but may deepen ties with Turkey, Burkina Faso, Niger and potentially the United States. Other governments relying on Russia’s Africa Corps will watch the outcome closely.
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Mali dossier
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Mali
A national conference supported naming junta leader Assimi Goïta interim president for five years. Key opposition figures boycotted the proceedings and challenged the proposal’s legitimacy.
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Assuming it survives, Mali's junta will likely continue to accept Russian help, but may now seek to deepen other security partnerships, including with Turkey, its fellow Alliance of Sahel States (Burkina Faso and Niger), and even the U.S.
The junta will continue accepting Russian assistance but may deepen ties with Turkey, Burkina Faso, Niger and potentially the United States. Other governments relying on Russia’s Africa Corps will watch the outcome closely.
Open source reportThe broader assault also raised questions about Col. Assimi Goita's military leadership, which has failed to solve the security problems that prompted its coup to overthrow Mali's last civilian government in 2020.
That the broader assault has increased scrutiny of Colonel Assimi Goita’s leadership and the junta’s failure to resolve the insecurity cited is justification for the 2020 coup.
Open source reportRecord-high gold prices are giving them added incentive to stay put.
Mining companies accustomed to security threats remain willing to operate in Mali partly because of record-high gold prices.
Open source reportGold miners operating in Mali seem unfazed by the coordinated attacks Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) and the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) staged over the weekend.
JNIM and the Azawad Liberation Front conducted coordinated attacks over the weekend, primarily targeting junta leaders while largely sparing gold-mining operations. It also references an January JNIM attack on Flagship Gold’s Morila Mine.
Open source reportJNIM and the FLA aren't necessarily trying to topple Goita's government and probably don't want to control Mali. Rather, they likely prefer to force concessions from the wounded regime.
JNIM and the Azawad Liberation Front may prefer concessions over toppling and governing Mali. The stated possible objectives are an end to counterinsurgency operations and greater Tuareg autonomy or eventual independence.
Open source reportTwo other senior junta figures - third-in-command Gen. Modibo Koné and military chief of staff Oumar Diarra - were badly injured and taken to heavily-guarded hospitals, where Koné died of his wounds.
Coordinated JNIM-FLA attacks killed or injured senior junta figures, including the death of Gen. Modibo Koné. President Assimi Goita was moved to a secure location and had not been heard from, leaving the government’s condition unclear.
Open source reportMali's junta responded to opposition protests demanding a return to democracy by formally dissolving all political parties and disappearing three opposition politicians.
Mali's junta dissolved all political parties following pro-democracy protests and was responsible for the disappearance of three opposition politicians. The repression is linked to opposition against granting coup leader Assimi Goita a five-year unelected presidential term.
Open source reportA national conference of Mali's political figures backed the junta's proposal to appoint coup leader Assimi Goïta as interim president, with a five-year term.
A national conference supported naming junta leader Assimi Goïta interim president for five years. Key opposition figures boycotted the proceedings and challenged the proposal’s legitimacy.
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