US EditionMali Junta Chief Assimi Goïta Grants His Own Unlimited Presidential Mandate
MALI, JUL 10 – General Assimi Goita extends his rule until at least 2030 without elections amid ongoing jihadist insurgency and political instability, following a national dialogue boycotted by political parties.
- Mali's junta chief Assimi Goïta has granted himself a five-year presidential mandate that is renewable unlimitedly without election, according to a law made public on Thursday.
- The law allows Goïta to lead Mali until at least 2030, despite earlier promises to return to civilian rule by March 2024.
- A junta-led national consultation earlier this year recommended that Goïta be proclaimed president without a vote for the five-year renewable term.
- Despite ongoing challenges, Goïta retains popularity among some citizens who see him as a reformer and advocate for sovereignty.
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After prohibiting any political activity in the country, the Malian military enacted a law on Thursday, 10 July, allowing it to remain in power without any time limit.
Mali Soldiers Must Be Probed for Diafarabé Executions
by Amnesty InternationalThe International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and Amnesty International condemn the extrajudicial executions of around 20 civilians committed, according to witnesses, by the Malian armed forces (FAMa) accompanied by Dozo militia fighters in Diafarabé, a commune in the cercle of Ténenkou in the Mopti Region.The two organizations are calling on Malian judicial authorities for an independent, impartial and diligent in…
The head of the ruling junta in Mali passed a law on 10 July, now in power until at least 2030, as part of a series of severe restrictions on the freedoms of the military to consolidate their regime in the Sahelian country.
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