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Assimi Goita presents his army with a mixed bag of armoured vehicles from China and Russia

The military junta has just given the Malian army new armoured vehicles of Russian and Chinese origin. But by having many different suppliers, the army is actually running the risk of becoming less effective in its operations against armed groups. [...] (295 words)

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Defence Business

US lobbyist Marc Porter claims $94m from Bamako

Stratcomms boss Marc Porter, the US lobbyist hired in 2018 to facilitate meetings with senior staffers of the Trump administration, has filed a complaint before Nevada court against the Malian state. He is claiming $94m from Bamako, $93m of which for "unfair enrichment" in reference to the additional financial assistance the US granted Mali in 2020, which he believes he enabled. [...]

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Faure Gnassingbé's secret meeting with Assimi Goita

Togo's head of state Faure Gnassingbé made a secret visit to Bamako on 19 January to hold talks with the president of the Malian transition, Assimi Goita. [...]

MALI Defence Diplomacy 23/12/2021

German army to deploy CH-53 helicopters to Gao next summer

Germany's MINUSMA contingents stationed in Gao will be taking delivery of several heavy-lift transport helicopters, thereby reducing their reliance on private contractors and affording Berlin more flexibility to follow its own path in this troubled region. [...]

MALI Diplomacy 23/11/2021

Mahamat Déby flies to Bamako on mission to stop Wagner

Chad's interim leader, who is also the current head of the G5 Sahel of which Mali is a member, is expected in Bamako by the end of the month. He hopes to dissuade coup leader Assimi Goita and the Malian junta from hiring the Russian paramilitary company Wagner. [...]

RUSSIA FRANCE MALI Diplomacy 03/11/2021

Macron and Putin play game of bluff over Wagner in Mali

As negotiations between the Malian junta and Wagner step up a notch, Paris is making last-ditch efforts to prevent the arrival of Russian paramilitaries in Bamako. Emmanuel Macron gave Vladimir Putin a stern warning during a phone call last month. [...]

Emmanuel Macron receives Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, at the Palace of Versailles. © Julien Mattia/Le Pictorium/MaxPPP

MALI Defence Diplomacy 06/10/2021

From Washington to Algiers, Paris manoeuvres behind the scenes to keep Wagner out of Mali

Discreetly but insistently, France is working with its Western and African partners to prevent the junta going into partnership with Russian paramilitary group Wagner. Meanwhile, ECOWAS, egged on by Macron, is considering slapping sanctions on Mali's new leaders. [...]

French foreign minister Yves Le Drian at the UN General Assembly on 23 September. © John Minchillo/EPA/Pool/MaxPPP

MALI Diplomacy 26/07/2021

Growing ECOWAS exasperation with wayward Colonel Goita

The house arrest of former president Bah N'Daw and his prime minister Moctar Ouane continues to rankle in west African capitals. Some ECOWAS figures are also concerned that the presidential elections planned for next February might be postponed. [...]

Colonel Assimi Goita, Mali's transitional president. © Reuters/Amadou Keita

MALI Defence Business 08/07/2021

After coup, Turkish construction group Form Insaat guns for Bamako military hospital

The Turkish construction specialist Form Insaat has landed a role as a service provider for the construction of Bamako's new military hospital. [...]

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Army chief Chengriha turns to the Sahel after mammoth Russian shopping trip

Chief of staff Said Chengriha has travelled to Moscow to clinch an astronomical arms deal, worth up to $7bn. In discussions with the Russian defence minister, he also outlined a possible Algerian intervention in the Sahel, starting with Mali. [...]

Algerian Chief of Staff Said Chengriha and Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu. © Ministère algérien de la défense nationale

MALI Politics 18/06/2021

Assimi Goita removes Bah N'Daw's stalwarts and takes charge of intelligence services

New interim president Colonel Assimi Goita has dismissed his predecessor Ban N'Daw's key collaborators. He is also preparing a number of "adjustments" in the security services and putting the finishing touches to the team which will be joining him at the Koulouba Palace. [...]

Colonel Assimi Goita was officially sworn in as Mali's transitional president. © Habib Kouyate/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

MALI Defence Business 10/05/2021

Germany gives Malian army new OTT Technologies armoured vehicles

Germany is stepping up its contribution to the fight against violent extremism in the Sahel by equipping the Malian army with some 30 Puma M36 armoured vehicles acquired from South Africa's OTT Technologies. This €15m endowment is part of a plan to strengthen the armed forces put in place by the National Transitional Council. [...]

A Puma M36 armored vehicle from OTT Technologies. © OTT

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