BREAKING: Mali’s President, Boubacar Keita Announces Resignation After Military Coup

• Mali President, Boubacar Keita Announces Resignation After Military Coup

Mali’s President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita announced his resignation with immediate effect, Ekohotblog reports

The news of his resignation comes some hours after rebel soldiers launched a coup and had both Keita and his prime minister, Boubou Cisse, detained on Tuesday.

In an address on state television, the 75-year-old also said that both the government and Mali’s national assembly would be dissolved.

“I would like at this precise moment, while thanking the Malian people for their support throughout these long years and the warmth of their affection, to tell you of my decision to relinquish my duties,” Keita said.

It also comes after months of political tensions and sometimes-lethal protests in the Sahel state.

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