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The flag draped casket that contains the remains of Mali's former defense minister Sadio Camara during a funeral ceremony at the Military Engineering Parade Ground in Bamako, Mali, Thursday, April 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Boubacary Bocoum)

Mali holds funeral for key junta figure killed in militant assaults

By Mark Banchereau - Associated Press

Col. Assimi Goita, who has declared himself the leader of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People, arrives to meet with former Nigerian president and mediator for the West African regional bloc known as ECOWAS, Goodluck Jonathan, at the Ministry of Defense in the capital Bamako, Mali Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. The military junta now in charge of Mali insisted Monday that former President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita had resigned of his own free will and was not overthrown, as the officers now running the country try to prolong their rule until 2023. (AP Photo/Baba Ahmed)

Ex-Malian president Keita hospitalized at private clinic

By BABA AHMED - Associated Press

People attend a prayer service led by Mahmoud Dicko, an imam who helped lead the opposition protests, for those who died or were injured during the protests, in Bamako, Mali Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. West African leaders on Friday urged Mali's junta to take no more than one year to hand over power to a civilian government, as regional heads of state held another virtual summit after initial negotiations with the military coup leaders failed. (AP Photo/Arouna Sissoko)

France: Mali junta’s timeline ‘out of the question’

By BABA AHMED and KRISTA LARSON - Associated Press

Representatives of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People, left of table, including Col. Assimi Goita, center of row, who has declared himself the group's leader, meet with a high-level delegation from the West African regional bloc known as ECOWAS, right of table, at the Ministry of Defense in Bamako, Mali, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020. Top West African officials are arriving in Mali's capital following a coup in the nation this week to meet with the junta leaders and the deposed president in efforts to negotiate a return to civilian rule. (AP Photo)

West African envoys suspend talks with Mali’s military junta

By BABA AHMED and KRISTA LARSON - Associated Press

Malians supporting the recent overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita gather to celebrate in the capital Bamako, Mali Friday, Aug. 21, 2020. Hundreds marched in the streets of Mali's capital Friday to celebrate the overthrow of Keita, as the West African country's longtime political opposition backed the military's junta plan to eventually hand over power to a civilian transitional government. Placards in French read &quot;Long live Mali, Long live the CNSP&quot;, the french acronym for the junta calling themselves the National Committee for the Salvation of the People, and &quot;We ask ECOWAS to respect the will of the Malian people&quot;. (AP Photo)

Top West Africa delegation goes to Mali to meet with junta

By BABA AHMED - Associated Press

Spokesman for the National Committee for the Salvation of the People Ismael Wague speaks to The Associated Press in Kati, Mali late Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020. West African leaders escalated pressure on Mali's ruling junta late Thursday, calling on them to allow President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita's return to power as the mutinous soldiers who overthrew him insisted his midnight resignation had been his own decision. (AP Photo/Baba Ahmed)

Thousands in Mali’s capital welcome president’s downfall

By BABA AHMED - Associated Press

Colonel-Major Ismael Wague, center, spokesman for the soldiers identifying themselves as the National Committee for the Salvation of the People, holds a press conference at Camp Soudiata in Kati, Mali, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, a day after armed soldiers fired into the air outside President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita's home and took him into their custody. African and Western leaders condemned on Wednesday the junta that forced Mali's president from power, warning the coup was a deep setback for the West African nation that could threaten the battle against Islamic extremism. (AP Photo)

Mali’s new military junta urged to release toppled president

By BABA AHMED and KRISTA LARSON - Associated Press

A man wears a national flag as he celebrates with others in the streets in the capital Bamako, Mali Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. Mutinous soldiers detained Mali's president and prime minister Tuesday after surrounding a residence and firing into the air in an apparent coup attempt after several months of demonstrations calling for President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita's ouster. (AP Photo)

Mali coup soldiers take to airwaves, promise elections

By BABA AHMED and CARLEY PETESCH - Associated Press

Malian soldiers check a vehicle in the garrison town of Kati, Mali, Tuesday Aug. 18, 2020. Malian soldiers took up arms and began detaining senior military officers in an apparent mutiny, raising fears of a potential coup after several months of anti-government demonstrations calling for the president's resignation. (AP Photo/Mohamed Salaha)

Mali’s president and prime minister held by mutinous troops

By Baba Ahmed and Krista Larson - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2019, file photo, Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, at the United Nations headquarters. In a televised midnight speech, Keita promised early Thursday, July 9, 2020, to reform the country's constitutional court in a bid to quell another round of protests calling for his resignation. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Mali opposition dismiss latest gesture by W. African leaders

By BABA AHMED - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2019, file photo, Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, at the United Nations headquarters. In a televised midnight speech, Keita promised early Thursday, July 9, 2020, to reform the country's constitutional court in a bid to quell another round of protests calling for his resignation. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Mali opposition to protest after rejecting mediators’ plan

By BABA AHMED - Associated Press

Anti-government protesters burn tires and barricade roads in the capital Bamako, Mali, Friday, July 10, 2020. Thousands marched Friday in Mali's capital in anti-government demonstrations urged by an opposition group that rejects the president's promises of reforms. (AP Photo/Baba Ahmed)

Protesters loot office of Mali president’s political party

By BABA AHMED - Associated Press

Anti-government protesters burn tires and barricade roads in the capital Bamako, Mali, Friday, July 10, 2020. Thousands marched Friday in Mali's capital in anti-government demonstrations urged by an opposition group that rejects the president's promises of reforms. (AP Photo/Baba Ahmed)

Mali protests in 2nd day despite president’s call for talks

By BABA AHMED - Associated Press

Anti-government protesters burn tires and barricade roads in the capital Bamako, Mali, Friday, July 10, 2020. Thousands marched Friday in Mali's capital in anti-government demonstrations urged by an opposition group that rejects the president's promises of reforms. (AP Photo/Baba Ahmed)

Mali’s president urges dialogue after thousands protest

By BABA AHMED - Associated Press

Police fire tear gas at protest against Mali’s president

By BABA AHMED - Associated Press

Thousands in Mali’s capital demand that president step down

By BABA AHMED - Associated Press

Mali President Keita sworn in to a second 5-year term

By BABA AHMED - Associated Press

Mali constitutional court upholds election results

By BABA AHMED - Associated Press

FILE- In this Monday July 16, 2018, file photo a supporter of Soumaila Cisse, Opposition Presidential candidate with Union for the Republic and Democracy party hold a poster that reads '' Together lets restore hope'', during an election campaign rally in Yanfolila, Mali. Mali's first round of voting last month saw electoral agents killed and voting materials destroyed by extremists linked to al-Qaida, and now in a run-off round two election Sunday Aug. 12, 2018, incumbent President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita faces off against Soumaila Cisse. (AP Photo/Baba Ahmed, File)

Malians vote in presidential runoff amid attacks, threats

By BABA AHMED - Associated Press

FILE- In this Monday July 16, 2018, file photo a supporter of Soumaila Cisse, Opposition Presidential candidate with Union for the Republic and Democracy party hold a poster that reads '' Together lets restore hope'', during an election campaign rally in Yanfolila, Mali. Mali's first round of voting last month saw electoral agents killed and voting materials destroyed by extremists linked to al-Qaida, and now in a run-off round two election Sunday Aug. 12, 2018, incumbent President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita faces off against Soumaila Cisse. (AP Photo/Baba Ahmed, File)

Extremist threat could deter voters in Mali’s second round

By BABA AHMED - Associated Press