The Pigeon Express
The ousted President of Mali, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, has died aged 76, family and former colleagues say. Two years ago he suffered a minor stroke but the cause of his death on Sunday was not immediately clear. He died at his home in the capital Bamako, a member of his family told AFP news agency. […]
Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta has resigned, after being detained by soldiers on Tuesday, state TV reports. In a televised address, Mr Keïta said he was also dissolving the government and parliament. “I want no blood to be spilled to keep me in power,” he added. “If today, certain elements of our armed forces want […]
Malian President Ibrahim Boubakar Keïta has been arrested by mutinying soldiers, as per multiple reports. Their actions began with gunfire inside a key military base, 15km from the capital, Bamako, on Tuesday morning. In the centre of Bamako, young men looted a government-owned building and set it on fire. The mutiny has been condemned by […]
Opposition leaders were detained and raided in Mali on Saturday following violent demonstrations against the president in the capital. Protesters erected barricades out of tyres and bits of wood to block traffic through several districts in Bamako, although numbers were well below the thousands who took to the streets and occupied state buildings on Friday. […]