Malian Colonel Assimi Goita Declares Self Head Of Junta...

Malian army officer Colonel Assimi Goita announced himself on Wednesday as the coup leader who overthrew President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. . “Let me introduce myself, I am colonel Assimi Goita, chairman of the National Committee for the salvation of the People,” he said after meeting top civil servants..The colonel had appeared among a group of officers seen on television overnight via IFTTT