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Colonel Assimi Goïta, leader of the junta that seized power in Mali in August 2020, has been slow to implement the promised transition to civilian rule. Now, under international sanctions, the country has been gripped by nationalist and pan-Africanist fever. Relations with France, which has deployed thousands of soldiers for nearly a decade as part of an anti-jihadist force, are strained. Meanwhile, the ruling junta in Bamako is welcoming members of the Russian Wagner paramilitary group.
Meanwhile, the ruling junta in Bamako is welcoming members of the Russian Wagner paramilitary group. Its presence has already been reported in certain areas of the country.
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