Colonel Assimi Goita, who led a coup in Mali last year, has once more taken the reins of power in the war-torn Sahel state.
This week, soldiers detained the president and prime minister of an interim government installed in the wake of a coup in August, provoking diplomatic uproar.
The military released the pair on Thursday but stripped them of their powers. According to diplomats and army officials, Goita has taken command.
But the young military officer, a former special forces commander who has shunned the limelight since arriving on Mali’s political scene, remains an…
