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2020 Malian coup d'état
Part of the Mali War and 2020 Malian protests
Date18 August 2020 (2020-08-18)
Location
Mali
Result
Belligerents
Mali Government of Mali

Mali National Committee for the Salvation of the People[1]

Commanders and leaders
Mali Ibrahim Keïta  Surrendered
Mali Boubou Cissé  Surrendered		 Mali Assimi Goita
Mali Ismaël Wagué[1]
Mali Malick Diaw
Mali Sadio Camara[2]
Strength
Unknown Unknown

On 18 August 2020, elements of the Malian Armed Forces began a mutiny.[3][4] Soldiers on pick-up trucks stormed the Soundiata military base in the town of Kati, where gunfire was exchanged before weapons were distributed from the armory and senior officers arrested.[5][6] Tanks and armoured vehicles were seen on the town's streets,[7] as well as military trucks heading for the capital, Bamako.[8] The soldiers detained several government officials including the President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta who resigned and dissolved the government.[9] This is the country's second coup in less than 10 years, following the 2012 coup d'état.

Background

Main article: 2020 Malian protests

Protests in Mali had been ongoing since 5 June, with protesters calling for the resignation of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta.[10][11][12][13][14][excessive citations] Protesters were displeased with the management of the ongoing insurgency, alleged government corruption and a floundering economy.[15] 11 deaths and 124 injuries were reported during the protests.[16]

Coup d'état

On the morning of 18 August 2020, soldiers began firing bullets into the air at a military base in Kati, a town 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) away from Bamako, the capital of Mali.[3] After moving into the capital, the mutineers arrested Minister of Finance Abdoulaye Daffe, the Chief of Staff of the National Guard Mahamane Touré,[5] and Moussa Timbiné, speaker of the National Assembly.[8] The Prime Minister, Boubou Cissé, appealed for dialogue with the mutineers, acknowledging they held "legitimate frustrations".[17] A mutiny leader later claimed that Keïta and Cissé had been arrested at the former's residence in Bamako;[18][19] African Union Commission chairman Moussa Faki confirmed that Keïta, Cissé, and other officials had been arrested and called for their release.[20] A spokesman for the M5-RFP opposition coalition welcomed their detention, describing it as a "popular insurrection".[17]

The officials were taken to the military camp in Kati where the uprising began.[20] As news of the mutiny spread, hundreds of protesters gathered at Bamako's Independence Monument to demand Keïta's resignation.[21] Protesters also set a building belonging to the Ministry of Justice ablaze.[21]

It is not clear how many soldiers took part in the mutiny, who began the mutiny or who will now take charge.[22]

Aftermath

President Keïta resigned around midnight,[18] while also dissolving the government and parliament. "I want no blood to be spilled to keep me in power," he added.[22] Five colonels appeared in the TV broadcast to the nation, led by Colonel Assimi Goita. They called themselves the National Committee for the Salvation of the People. The bodies of four people killed by gunfire and about 15 wounded, all likely hit by stray bullets, were brought into one of the city’s main hospitals, said Elhadj Djimé Kanté, a spokesman for the hospital union. The coup leaders denied that anyone had been killed, but soldiers were constantly firing in the air, cheered on by crowds of young people.[23][24]

Military leaders had ordered closure of all border crossings and imposed a night-time curfew. "As of today, 19 August 2020, all air and land borders are closed until further notice. A curfew is in place from 21:00 to 05:00 until further notice," Col-Major Ismaël Wagué, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Malian Air Force, said in a televised address. He also invited opposition groups to talks for fresh elections.[22]

Opposition member Mahmoud Dicko announced that he is leaving politics as a result of a meeting between him and some of the soldiers that took part in the mutiny.[25]

Coup leaders promised new elections within a "reasonable timeline," without specifying what that meant.[26][27]

Experts are concerned of the coup's implication for counterterrorism operations in the Sahel region.[28]

International reaction

Representatives of several countries[a] condemned the coup, as did representatives of the African Union,[44] European Union,[45] and United Nations.[46] The President of France, a country which has been involved in fighting an Islamist insurgency in its former colony since 2013, called for power to be returned to civilians and for arrested leaders to be freed.[47] The United States cut off military aid to Mali on 21 August.[48]

The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved a resolution condemning the coup and calling on the soldiers to return to their barracks and release all detainees without delay.[49] Amnesty International also called for the release of the detainees.[50] The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) imposed sanctions on Mali[33] and called on neighbouring states to close their land and air borders.[51]

See also

Explanatory notes

  1. ^ Including Algeria,[29] Angola,[30] Canada,[31] China,[32] France,[21][33] Germany,[34] Japan,[35] Morocco,[36] Nigeria,[37] Russia,[38] South Africa,[39] Spain,[40] Switzerland,[41] Turkey,[42] the United Kingdom,[43] and the United States.[17]

Citations

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    Independentemente das razões na base das quais o Presidente eleito foi deposto, repudiamos e desencorajamos esta forma de forçar a alternância do poder"     (Tweet) – via Twitter.     "We carefully monitored the latest events in Mali. Regardless of the reasons on which the President-elect was ousted, we repudiate and discourage this way of forcing the alternation of power."
  31. ^ François-Philippe Champagne [@FP_Champagne] (18 August 2020). "Canada is very concerned by the situation in Mali & strongly condemns the mutiny of the Garde nationale units against the government.
    I can also confirm that all @CanEmbMali personnel are safe.
    We will continue to follow the situation closely"     (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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