Mali’s promise of democracy fades as junta extends Assimi Goita’s rule

Mali’s promise of democracy fades as junta extends Assimi Goita’s rule

Five years after taking power by force, Mali's junta leader, General Assimi Goita, has abandoned his promise of a democratic transition, extending his military rule for at least five more years without an election.

Is American democracy at a crossroads?

Democracy rarely dies in a single moment. It unravels in whispers. In courtrooms. In classrooms. In silence. It fades not with tanks in the streets, but with laws passed quietly, freedoms chipped away with a smile and books removed from shelves before anyone notices they’re gone. It fades when truth becomes optional, when facts are dismissed as attacks and when power rewrites its own rules—then teaches our children that this is normal. Today, th…