A national political forum in Mali has proposed making military leader Assimi Goïta the country’s president, with a five-year ...

The military regimes in Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso and Niger are working to silence any criticism of the authorities in power. To suppress dissenting voices, the defence and security forces regularly ...

Mali's military leader Gen Assimi Goïta has won the backing of key political allies to be declared president for the next ...

Several thousand people rallied in support of Burkina Faso's ruling junta Wednesday, days after the military authorities said ...