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Mali's president resigns after armed mutiny
State broadcaster ORTM
Announced his resignation — three years before his final term was due to end — was effective immediately.
announced that his government and the National Assembly would be dissolved
"social and political tension has undermined the proper functioning of the country for quite a while"
Colonel-Major Ismael Wagué
the patriotic forces grouped together within the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP),
"Real democracy doesn't go with complacency, nor weakness of the state authority which must guarantee freedom and security of the people."
We wanted to put in place a "civil political transition" leading to general elections within a "reasonable time".
Deputy Chief of Staff of the Air Force
All of Mali's international agreements will be respected.
The mutinous soldiers seized weapons from the armoury in the garrison town of Kati
Then advanced on the capital of Bamako
They took Prime Minister Boubou Cisse into custody
Took the president
The troops responsible came from the same military barracks where a coup was launched more than eight years ago
allowing the Islamic insurgency to take hold amid a power vacuum
Allowing the Islamic insurgency to take hold amid a power vacuum
just hours after armed soldiers seized him from his home in a dramatic power grab
Months of protests demanding his removal
The news of Keita’s departure was met with jubilation
By alarm by former colonial ruler France
By anti-government demonstrators
By other allies and foreign nations
Mali
Bamako
19.8M population
GDP. 17.16B
U.N. has a 15,600-strong peacekeeping mission
Keita
was democratically elected in 2013
Reelected five years later
Prime Minister Boubou Cisse
Political instability
al-Qaida-linked groups
Islamic State
UN
Scheduled a closed meeting Wednesday afternoon to discuss the unfolding situation in Mali, where the U.N. has a 15,600-strong peacekeeping mission.