Assimi Goïta
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Assimi Goïta is a Malian military officer who has ruled Mali since 2021. He has served as the sixth president of Mali since 2025, previously serving as the interim vice president under Interim Preside
Goïta in 2023
Goïta with American diplomat Linda Thomas-Greenfield in 2021
Goïta with Russian president Vladimir Putin in July 2023
Mali War
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The Mali War is an ongoing conflict that began on 16 January 2012 with a Tuareg rebellion in northern Mali. The rebels included the secular-oriented National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad, a g
Assimi Goïta
…unit of the Malian Armed Forces. He commanded the Malian special forces in the center of the country with the rank of colonel, and took part in the jihadist insurgency in Mali. In 2018, he met the future Guinean coup leader and president Mamady Doumbouya. Goïta received further military training from the United States, France…
Malian soldiers stand guard outside Kati Barracks in Bamako, October 2012
French Mirage 2000 refuels over Africa on 2 February 2013.
EUTM Comdt Mick Nestor congratulates a Malian soldier for his efforts in the International Poc Fada
A Malian army vehicle that was struck by an IED near Léré, Timbuktu region, 2018