Mali Coup: President And Prime Minister Arrested By The Army
August 18, 2020
4:04 pm
Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Prime Minister Boubou CisseΒ were detained by mutinying soldiers on Tuesday night, worsening a national crisis in a country already grappling withΒ a jihadist insurgency and mass protests.Β
The two leaders were taken into custody in an apparent mutiny, army officer Sidi Gakou told Newsmen.
Earlier on Tuesday, soldiers took up arms at the military base in Kati, a town 15 kilometers (nine miles) from Bamako, and began arresting senior military officers and civil servants.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Tuesday said soldiers had launched a “mutiny” and urged them …
