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Tuesday, August 18, 2020
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Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Mali president, PM have been arrested — mutiny leader
BAMAKO, Mali — Mutineering soldiers in Mali have detained President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse, one of their leaders says.
“We can tell you that the president and the prime minister are under our control,” the leader, who requested anonymity, tells AFP.
He adds that the pair had been “arrested” at Keita’s residence in the capital Bamako.
Earlier, soldiers launched a mutiny from the nearby garrison town of Kati.
Another military official, who also declined to be named, said the president and prime minister were in an armored vehicle en route to Kati.
— AFP
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