Tag: President Keita

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: AU kicks, seeks UN intervention as soldiers arrest President Keita, PM Cisse

Ishaku Yohanna

The African Union Commission has reacted to the arrest and detention of Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse by mutinying soldiers. The African Union Commission kicked against the arrests of Keita, Cisse and other officials which happened on Tuesday. The mutinying soldiers had detained Keita and some members of his cabinet at his residence in Bamako, the country’s capital. Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, condemned any attempt at “anti-constitutional” change while calling on the mutinying soldiers to respect the state’s institutions. Faki…

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