Tag: Mali Coup

Mali Coup: President Keita still in captivity as mutineers release two officials

Ishaku Yohanna

About 72 hours after a military coup in Mali overthrew the civilian government, President Ibrahim Keita, who was arrested alongside others, is still in detention. The mutineers have, however, released two of his officials. Since Tuesday when Mr Keita announced his resignation from government and the dissolution of the parliament on television after being held at gunpoint, no news was heard of him until United Nations human rights officials met him and other officials midnight Thursday, the UN mission in Mali tweeted on Friday. There was no further information about…

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Mali Coup: Colonel Goita declares self head of junta

Ishaku Yohanna

Malian army officer Colonel Assimi Goita announced himself on Wednesday as the coup leader who overthrew President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. Let me introduce myself, I am Colonel Assimi Goita, chairman of the National Committee for the salvation of the People, he said after meeting top civil servants. The colonel had appeared among a group of officers seen on television overnight Tuesday-Wednesday to announce the takeover, but did not speak. Coup chiefs meanwhile called on the public to return to normal life, warned against acts of vandalism and threatened to punish…

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