Hard truths.
The West African nation, which was once under French colonial rule, has been fighting Islamist militants since 2012. The prolonged violence was among the reasons Goïta gave for taking power in a 2021 coup, alth...
The former defence minister, Sadio Camara, was killed in what officials described as an apparent suicide truck explosion that struck his home near the capital Bamako. His death happened during the same offensiv...
Mali's foreign ministry said on Sunday, October 12, 2025, the bond had been imposed unilaterally, and it had decided to "establish an identical visa programme" for US citizens.
Goïta, 41, first took power in 2020 and later carried out a second takeover in 2021.