president, the assessment remains mixed both in terms of security and the economy.
On Tuesday, August 18, 2020, Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta was taken by mutineers to the Kati military camp, about fifteen kilometers northwest of Bamako, in the late afternoon. This situation followed two and a half months of acute political crisis and popular protests. As a result, the president announced his resignation and the dissolution of the Parliament and the government during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday.
The Era of Assimi Goïta Nine months after pushing President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta to resign, and subsequently the transitional president Bah N’Daw, Colonel Assimi Goïta, who was the vice president of the transition, took power on Friday, May 28, 2021. Colonel Assimi Goïta accused President Bah N’Daw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane of failing to prevent national strikes, and accused them of sabotaging the country’s transition.
Three years after the start of the Assimi Goïta era, the situation in Mali remains challenging. In addition to economic problems and the ongoing fight against jihadism, general strikes regularly shake the country.
Last June, Malians approved the new Constitution proposed by the military authorities with a 97% approval rate. This new constitutional project allows certain members of the military to run for the next presidential election. The project strengthens the powers of the president, grants immunity from prosecution to the coup leaders, and could also allow the junta to field some of its members in the upcoming presidential election scheduled for February 2024.
