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Army colonel Assimi Goita now Mali's new military strongman

Colonel Assimi Goita speaks to the press at the Malian Ministry of Defence in Bamako, Mali, on August 19, 2020 after confirming his position as the president of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP). PHOTO | AFP

By  AFP  &  AGENCIES

Army colonel Assimi Goita has been introduced as Mali's new military strongman after a mutiny forced President Boubacar Keita out of power. 

"Let me introduce myself, I am Colonel Assimi Goita, chairman of the National Committee for the salvation of the People," he said Wednesday.

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