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Col. Assimi Goita meets with a high-level delegation from the West African regional bloc known as ECOWAS, at the Ministry of Defense in Bamako, Mali on Aug. 22, 2020. Explosions and gunfire were heard Friday July 22, 2022 in the area of the Kati military base on the outskirts of Bamako, according to local residents, in a suspected attack by Islamic extremists. Goita frequently stays at the Kati camp, where he launched the 2020 coup that brought him to power. (AP Photo, File)

Explosions, gunfire at a military base near Mali’s capital

By Baba Ahmed - Associated Press

This photo has been taken in Bamako inside the courtyard of a human right defence association headquarters.Photo date:December 14, 2018. It shows Hamaey Coulibaly and relates to the story as Hamey is one of the slave descendanst who fled violence. By Soumaila Diarra &#160;Special to The Washington Times

Mali slaves campaign to end West Africa servitude tradition

By Soumaila Diarra - Special to The Washington Times

Archbishop Jean Zerbo was elevated by Pope Francis in July as Mali's first "prince of the church." (Associated Press/File)

Jean Zerbo as Mali Catholic cardinal stirs violence in Muslim-majority country

By Soumaila Diarra - Special to The Washington Times

FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013 file photo, Malian troops man an observation post outside Sevare, some 620 kms (385 miles) north of Mali's capital Bamako. Four people held by Islamic extremists in a hotel in Sevare in central Mali were freed Saturday, Aug. 8, 2015 by the army and special forces, after fighting since Friday left a number of dead, Mali's defense ministry adviser said. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

Attack in central Mali sign of spreading extremist violence

By BABA AHMED and CARLEY PETESCH - Associated Press