Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (IBK) has announced his resignation from power following a military mutiny on Tuesday 18 August 2020 during which he was arrested along side his Prime Minister Boubou Cisse.
IBK announced his resignation on state broadcaster in the late hours of Tuesday 18 August, same day he was arrested with his Prime Minister.
"For seven years I have with great joy and happiness tried to put this country back on its feet. If today some people from the armed forces have decided to end it by their intervention, do I have a choice? I should submit to it because I don't want any blood to be shed” IBK announced.
This coup d’état has been strongly condemed by the African Union Chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat, by the European Union, other regional and international bodies as well as some African and western countries.
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has summoned an emergency meeting on Wednesday 19 August 2020 to discuss the political situation in Mali.
Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has been president of Mali for 7 years and since the month of June 2020, there has been continuous protest in the country with the M5 calling for his resignation.
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