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Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Mali president resigns after being detained in military mutiny

‘I do not wish blood to be shed’: Mali president resigns after being detained in military mutiny

19 Aug, 2020 06:37 / Updated 5 hours ago

Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has announced that he will step down in order to avoid bloodshed, hours after mutinying soldiers arrested him. Neighboring countries have closed their borders in response to the unrest.
The West African nation plunged into a political crisis on Tuesday after soldiers detained President Keita and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse. The Malian president said in a televised address that “certain parts of the military have decided that intervention was necessary” and that he would resign and dissolve parliament.
Do I really have a choice? Because I do not wish blood to be shed
It’s not yet clear if the soldiers who staged the mutiny at a military base in Kati, a town close to the capital Bamako, will assume control of the government. They are expected to deliver a statement later, according to media reports.


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