The musician known as The Golden Voice of Africa, Salif Keita, is now a special adviser to the leader of the military junta in Mali, AFP reports.
On August 11, the well-known Malian musician was listed as one of five special advisers to the military junta in a proclamation by Colonel Assimi Goita, president of the military junta. Keita’s new position is not explicitly described in the decree. Goita was in charge of the military coup that resulted in the death of Ibrahim Keita. elimination as president in 2020.
Mr Keita earlier affirmed the junta’s claim to national sovereignty and advocated the withdrawal of UN peacekeeping forces from Mali after he give up of the Assembly that the military, in office since 2020, established to serve as a legislative body.
Mr. Keita was aforementioned in a message read aloud in an open session that read: “I hereby submit my resignation as of July 31, 2023 as a member of the National Transitional Council for purely personal reasons.”
Read More Related News Here
Let hear it in the comment below if you do have an opinion on this; Singer Salif Keïta accepts role in Mali’s junta government