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UN rights experts calls on Mali junta to release officials

By CARLEY PETESCH - Associated Press

Head of Mali’s junta to be veep in interim government

By BABA AHMED - Associated Press

People hold a banner showing Col. Assimi Goita, leader of the junta which is now running Mali and calls itself the National Committee for the Salvation of the People, outside a conference in Bamako, Mali, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. Leaders of Mali's military junta who deposed the West African country's president last month are meeting with political parties and civil society groups to outline a transition to a civilian government and, ultimately, elections. (AP Photo)

Mali junta says working to meet regional bloc’s demands

By BABA AHMED - Associated Press

Mali’s former president Moussa Traore dies at 83

By BABA AHMED - Associated Press

Delegates attend a conference to discuss a transition to a civilian government in Bamako, Mali, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. Leaders of Mali's military junta who deposed the West African country's president last month are meeting with political parties and civil society groups to outline a transition to a civilian government and, ultimately, elections. (AP Photo)

Mali junta agrees to 18-month transition government

By BABA AHMED - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 30, 2020, file photo, Mali's then President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita poses for a group photograph during the G5 Sahel summit in Nouakchott, Mauritania. Keita, the Malian president ousted in a military coup in August, was hospitalized late Tuesday, Sept. 1, at a private clinic, intensifying fears about the 75-year-old's health after being detained for 10 days by the junta now in power. (Ludovic Marin/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Deposed president evacuated from Mali for medical treatment

By BABA AHMED - Associated Press

Col. Assimi Goita, who has declared himself the leader of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People, arrives to meet with former Nigerian president and mediator for the West African regional bloc known as ECOWAS, Goodluck Jonathan, at the Ministry of Defense in the capital Bamako, Mali Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. The military junta now in charge of Mali insisted Monday that former President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita had resigned of his own free will and was not overthrown, as the officers now running the country try to prolong their rule until 2023. (AP Photo/Baba Ahmed)

Ex-Malian president Keita hospitalized at private clinic

By BABA AHMED - Associated Press

People attend a prayer service led by Mahmoud Dicko, an imam who helped lead the opposition protests, for those who died or were injured during the protests, in Bamako, Mali Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. West African leaders on Friday urged Mali's junta to take no more than one year to hand over power to a civilian government, as regional heads of state held another virtual summit after initial negotiations with the military coup leaders failed. (AP Photo/Arouna Sissoko)

France: Mali junta’s timeline ‘out of the question’

By BABA AHMED and KRISTA LARSON - Associated Press

Mediator for the West African regional bloc known as ECOWAS and former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan, center, speaks with ECOWAS Commission President Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, right, as they meet with representatives of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People at the Ministry of Defense in Bamako, Mali Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020. Top West African officials are arriving in Mali's capital following a coup in the nation this week to meet with the junta leaders and the deposed president in efforts to negotiate a return to civilian rule. (AP Photo)

Mali’s deposed president returns home under tight security

By BABA AHMED and CARLEY PETESCH - Associated Press

Col. Assimi Goita, who has declared himself the leader of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People, arrives to meet with former Nigerian president and mediator for the West African regional bloc known as ECOWAS, Goodluck Jonathan, at the Ministry of Defense in the capital Bamako, Mali Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. The military junta now in charge of Mali insisted Monday that former President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita had resigned of his own free will and was not overthrown, as the officers now running the country try to prolong their rule until 2023. (AP Photo/Baba Ahmed)

Mali needs to focus on its security, Nigerian president says

By BABA AHMED and CARLEY PETESCH - Associated Press

French troops stay in Mali after coup, no end in sight

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

Representatives of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People, left of table, including Col. Assimi Goita, center of row, who has declared himself the group's leader, meet with a high-level delegation from the West African regional bloc known as ECOWAS, right of table, at the Ministry of Defense in Bamako, Mali, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020. Top West African officials are arriving in Mali's capital following a coup in the nation this week to meet with the junta leaders and the deposed president in efforts to negotiate a return to civilian rule. (AP Photo)

West African envoys suspend talks with Mali’s military junta

By BABA AHMED and KRISTA LARSON - Associated Press

Col. Assimi Goita, who has declared himself the leader of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People, arrives to meet with former Nigerian president and mediator for the West African regional bloc known as ECOWAS, Goodluck Jonathan, at the Ministry of Defense in the capital Bamako, Mali Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. The military junta now in charge of Mali insisted Monday that former President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita had resigned of his own free will and was not overthrown, as the officers now running the country try to prolong their rule until 2023. (AP Photo/Baba Ahmed)

Mali coup complicates U.S. fight against terrorism

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Malians supporting the recent overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita gather to celebrate in the capital Bamako, Mali Friday, Aug. 21, 2020. Hundreds marched in the streets of Mali's capital Friday to celebrate the overthrow of Keita, as the West African country's longtime political opposition backed the military's junta plan to eventually hand over power to a civilian transitional government. Placards in French read &quot;Long live Mali, Long live the CNSP&quot;, the french acronym for the junta calling themselves the National Committee for the Salvation of the People, and &quot;We ask ECOWAS to respect the will of the Malian people&quot;. (AP Photo)

Top West Africa delegation goes to Mali to meet with junta

By BABA AHMED - Associated Press

Spokesman for the National Committee for the Salvation of the People Ismael Wague speaks to The Associated Press in Kati, Mali late Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020. West African leaders escalated pressure on Mali's ruling junta late Thursday, calling on them to allow President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita's return to power as the mutinous soldiers who overthrew him insisted his midnight resignation had been his own decision. (AP Photo/Baba Ahmed)

Thousands in Mali’s capital welcome president’s downfall

By BABA AHMED - Associated Press

Colonel-Major Ismael Wague, center left, spokesman for the soldiers identifying themselves as the National Committee for the Salvation of the People, holds a press conference at Camp Soudiata in Kati, Mali, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, a day after armed soldiers fired into the air outside President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita's home and took him into their custody. The Pentagon on Aug. 21 announced that it was cutting off military aid to the African country in response to the coup. (AP Photo) **FILE**

Pentagon cuts off backing to Mali’s military after coup

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Colonel-Major Ismael Wague, center, spokesman for the soldiers identifying themselves as the National Committee for the Salvation of the People, holds a press conference at Camp Soudiata in Kati, Mali, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, a day after armed soldiers fired into the air outside President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita's home and took him into their custody. African and Western leaders condemned on Wednesday the junta that forced Mali's president from power, warning the coup was a deep setback for the West African nation that could threaten the battle against Islamic extremism. (AP Photo)

Mali’s new military junta urged to release toppled president

By BABA AHMED and KRISTA LARSON - Associated Press

Security forces and others in celebration drive through the streets of the capital Bamako, Mali, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, a day after armed soldiers fired into the air outside President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita's home and took him into their custody. African and Western leaders condemned on Wednesday the junta that forced Mali's president from power, warning the coup was a deep setback for the West African nation that could threaten the battle against Islamic extremism. (AP Photo)

A look at how Mali’s coup may affect neighboring countries

By CARLEY PETESCH - Associated Press

A man wears a national flag as he celebrates with others in the streets in the capital Bamako, Mali Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. Mutinous soldiers detained Mali's president and prime minister Tuesday after surrounding a residence and firing into the air in an apparent coup attempt after several months of demonstrations calling for President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita's ouster. (AP Photo)

Mali coup soldiers take to airwaves, promise elections

By BABA AHMED and CARLEY PETESCH - Associated Press

Malian soldiers check a vehicle in the garrison town of Kati, Mali, Tuesday Aug. 18, 2020. Malian soldiers took up arms and began detaining senior military officers in an apparent mutiny, raising fears of a potential coup after several months of anti-government demonstrations calling for the president's resignation. (AP Photo/Mohamed Salaha)

Mali’s president and prime minister held by mutinous troops

By Baba Ahmed and Krista Larson - Associated Press