Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta who resigned, has also announced the dissolution of country’s parliament and the government headed by Prime Minister Boubou Cisse in a televised address on Tuesday, as the coup in Mali unravelled.
This followed a mutiny on Tuesday by soldiers, who later
arrested him and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse, in what transformed into a coup
d’etat.
“I want no blood to be spilled to keep me in power,” Keita
said.
Keita resigned after he and Cissé were taken to Kati
military camp, the staging post of the mutinous soldiers.
The coup capped days of protests by Malians, dissatisfied
with corruption and the Keita’s poor record in fighting Jihadists. The Keita
won re-election in 2018.
The opposition coalition against him was led by the conservative Imam, Mahmoud Dicko. He rejected concessions from Mr Keïta, including the formation of a unity government, as promoted by ECOWAS.According to the BBC, the coup is being led by Col Malick Diaw – deputy head of the Kati camp – and another commander, Gen Sadio Camara.
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