house of cards
Three days after the FLA and JNIM offensive, which claimed the life of defence minister General Sadio Camara, Assimi Goïta broke his silence on 28 April. But the crisis has already laid bare the divisions within the military regime.
By
Jeune Afrique
In his first public statement since the joint offensive launched by Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) and the Front de Libération de l’Azawad (FLA) on 25 April, Mali’s transitional president Assimi Goïta struck a tone that was simultaneously grave, martial and reassuring.
