Winning hearts and power: how Mali’s military regime gained popular support

By Morten Bøås, Research Professor, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
Viljar Haavik, Research Fellow, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs

Mali’s interim president, Colonel d’Armée Assimi Goïta, who came to power in a coup on 18 August 2020, enjoys remarkably strong public support. Survey data from pan-African research network Afrobarometer and the Mali-Métre survey, run by Germany’s Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung since 2012, indicate high levels of satisfaction with junta rule. In the 2024

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