{"id":92534,"date":"2023-08-17T12:10:38","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T12:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/17\/salif-keita-named-advisor-to-junta-chief\/"},"modified":"2023-08-17T12:10:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T12:10:38","slug":"salif-keita-named-advisor-to-junta-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/17\/salif-keita-named-advisor-to-junta-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Salif Keita Named Advisor To Junta Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong> Salif Keita<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Malian Afropop musician, Salif Keita, popularly referred to as the \u2018Golden Voice of Africa\u2019, has been appointed special advisor to the head of Mali\u2019s military junta.<\/p>\n<p>This was announced in a decree signed by Colonel Assimi Goita, the Military Leader who ousted the country\u2019s elected President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The transitional President, in a decree dated August 11 and published August 14, 2023, appointed five new special advisors.<\/p>\n<p>The decree does not give details about the singer\u2019s new role.<\/p>\n<p>The 73-year-old singer has been a strong supporter of the junta, endorsing its narrative of national sovereignty and calling for the departure of UN peacekeeping troops from Mali.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that Salif Keita had, in a letter some days ago, resigned from an assembly set up by the military in power since 2020 to act as a legislative body.<\/p>\n<p>He gave no reason for his letter of resignation, stating that he would always remain \u201cthe undisputed friend of my country\u2019s soldiers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2013<em>Dailypost<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Salif Keita \u00a0 Malian Afropop musician, Salif Keita, popularly referred to as the \u2018Golden Voice of Africa\u2019, has been appointed special advisor to the head of Mali\u2019s military junta. 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