Malians are celebrating the national day of “regained sovereignty”, an annual celebration instituted by the ruling junta since its coup d’état on 14 January 2022.
Minister for Refoundation Bakary Traoré, while addressing the people, urged them to celebrate the unwavering commitment of the highest authorities and all the Malian people to assert Mali’s independence and sovereignty, despite a complex and sometimes hostile international context.
Prime Minister of Mali, Abdoulaye Maiga appreciated the President of the transition adding that nothing would have been possible without the help of the people.
Minister for Youth and Sport, Abdoulaye Kassim Fomba described the day as a day where the people should be working twice as hard as he called on the Malians to show their zeal for hard workers.
Fombo also urged Malians to be passionate, committed people who love their country.
In September 2022, Assimi Goita, during the celebration of the 64th anniversary of his country’s independence, said it held special significance as Mali engaged in the reclaiming of its true sovereignty. He voiced his determination to “resolutely follow the path laid out 64 years ago” by the late President Modibo Keita, the first president of Mali, and his successors.
Goita added that to reclaim territory” carried out by Malian Armed Forces (FAMa), they were restoring the country’s territorial integrity and permanently eliminating the terrorist threat.
In 2024, Mali’s military leader ordered the government to allocate the funds planned for 62 Independence festivities to help victims of a series of attacks and their families.
Mali was plunged into turmoil in 2012 after separatists and Islamist insurrections broke out in the north, and the country’s military has promised to bring an end to all forms of insecurity.
