Mali: the military remains in power despite the official end of the transition period. March 26, 1991 put an end to the military dictatorship of General Moussa Traoré.
After a transition, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta was elected President of the Republic in 2013 then re-elected in 2018 after a contested election. The military coup of August 18, 2020, unanimously condemned by the international community, caused the departure of French soldiers, present since 2013 as part of operations Serval then Barkhane.