A national conference of political actors in Mali has recommended naming junta leader Assimi Goita, who seized power following coups in 2020 and 2021, as president with a five-year mandate, it said in a statement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Following a dialogue held in the capital Bamako on Tuesday, the conference also recommended the dissolution of all political parties and the tightening of conditions for the creation of new parties.<\/p>\n
The recommendations are expected to be applied in the coming days.<\/p>\n
Goita, 41, who was a colonel at the time of the coups that brought him to power, was in October 2024 elevated to the rank of five-star general.<\/p>\n
He has served in an\u00a0interim role\u00a0as “President of the Transition” of Mali since 2021.<\/p>\n
The military leaders in the Sahel country had originally committed to holding elections in February 2022, a timeline that has been pushed back several times.<\/p>\n
They have vowed to fight insecurity in the West African country where jihadist groups allied to Islamic State and al Qaeda have operated for more than a decade after spinning out from a Tuareg rebellion in the north.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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