Military detain Mali’s president, prime minister and defence minister

Reuters ^ | 5-25-21 | David Lewis

[dynachrome]

Military officers in Mali detained the president, prime minister and defence minister of the interim government on Monday, deepening political chaos just months after a military coup ousted the previous president, multiple sources told Reuters.

President Bah Ndaw, Prime Minister Moctar Ouane and defence minister Souleymane Doucoure were all taken to a military base in Kati outside the capital Bamako, hours after two members of the military lost their positions in a government reshuffle, the diplomatic and government sources said.

Their detentions followed the military ouster in August of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. The development could exacerbate instability in the West African country where violent Islamist groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State control large areas of the desert north.

[dynachrome]

Let the Chinese have that craphole.

[Lurkinanloomin]

For all those who don’t know: This is what a coup looks like.

[armydoc]

Civilian airliner being forced down under the guise of a bomb threat in order to arrest a political dissident in Belarus. Repetitive coups in Africa. Palestinian rocket showers on Israel. A weak USA breeds worldwide instability. More chaos to come, for sure

[mewzilla]

I wouldn’t wish the ChiComs on anyone.

More here...

https://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00078075.html

[dynachrome]

They, and other countries in the area, have a muzzie problem. The chinese have the will to do what is necessary. The UN doesn’t and neither do we.

[Howie66]

Our military needs to detain the Usurpers who have taken control of our government. Start with Zho Xiden and work all the way down through the Congress and the Federal Bureaucracy. Remand them all to Gitmo to be tried in front of a tribunal.

[Reily]

And where are you going to find the “unwoke” generals to do that? Colonels perhaps like they do in South America, or a sergeants led coup like in Africa?

[SunkenCiv]

• Mali Coup Leaders Seized Power Days After Returning From Military Training Camp in Russia [08/25/2020]
• Mali coup leader [Col. Assimi Goita] was trained by U.S. military [08/21/2020]
• Mali's President Keita resigns and dissolves parliament after military mutiny [08/18/2020]

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• Mali: Three French Soldiers Killed in Counterterrorism Operation [12/29/2020]
• Islamists attack three French military bases in Mali [12/01/2020]
• Al-Qaeda threatens Emmanuel Macron as France kills 50 jihadists in Mali [11/07/2020]
• France Says its Forces Killed 50 Islamic Extremists in Mali [11/03/2020]
• French Army kills top Al Qaeda leader in Mali (Emir of AQIM) [06/06/2020]

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• Gunmen kill 8 in central Mali attack [11/04/2020]
• Swiss Missionary Executed, Fellow Hostages Freed [11/02/2020]
• 2 terrorists get death sentences for multiple attacks including 2015 Mali hotel slaughter that killed 20 [10/28/2020]
• THE CALIPHATE RETURNS ISIS taking over swathes of Africa like it did in Syria and Iraq with ‘staggeringly brutal’ tactics, Pentagon warns [10/27/2020]
• Mali: at least twelve civilians and as many Malian soldiers killed in an attack [10/17/2020]
• Terrorist groups 'on the march' in West Africa and the Sahel, US general warns [03/11/2020]
• Mali plans to increase the size of its army to rein in jihadists [02/02/2020]
• ‘Beelzebub inhabits hearts in this country’ (no, it's not talking about the US) [07/23/2013]
• Ethno-religious violence in Islamic Mali [04/25/2012]

[SunkenCiv]

https://www.google.com/search?q=Assimi+Goita