Junta leader’s silence adds to Mali’s deepening political crisis

Mali’s military junta faces mounting instability after coordinated jihadist and rebel attacks over the weekend left Defence Minister Sadio Camara dead, key northern towns contested, and junta leader General Assimi Goïta conspicuously absent from public view.
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