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Goïta formally assumed defence portfolio May 4 by presidential decree; military tribunal opened probe identifying 5 suspects in April 25 attacks (including 3 active-duty soldiers); security forces conducted wave of abductions of critics and lawyers, drawing UN condemnation; ~2,000 paramilitaries deployed around Bamako to protect junta leadership; Africa Corps-escorted 800-tanker fuel convoy reached Bamako on May 1
President Assimi Goïta assumed the defence portfolio on May 4 by presidential decree, 11 days after FLA rebels and JNIM militants struck five Malian cities on April 25, 2026. His predecessor Sadio Camara was killed in a car-bomb assassination a week earlier; Goïta named Army Chief of Staff General Oumar Diarra as minister delegate.
Updated May 31
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