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Mali Coup: Making sense of it
The looming food crisis comes as tens of thousands, some say more than 100,000, refugees have reportedly been displaced because of fighting between Tuareg groups and pro-government militias.
At 4 AM on Thursday, March 22, Malians were informed through the national broadcasting station that a military coup, led by a mid-ranking army captain, Amadou Sanogo,...
Leader of Mali coup received military training in America
The leader of the military coup that toppled the democratic government of the West African nation of Mali this week underwent basic officer training in the United States, the Obama administration acknowledged Friday.
Capt. Amadou Sanoga, who is the apparent leader of the group of junior officers that toppled the government of President Amadou Toumani...
Mali fears countercoup as TV signals go dead
Television screens throughout this landlocked country momentarily went black Friday, as residents near the building housing the state broadcaster saw troops erecting barricades fearing a possible countercoup a day after a military takeover.
On Thursday, mutinous troops seized control of the state television and radio station and announced a coup. The...
Mali’s Tuareg rebels to continue northern offensive amid coup
DAKAR – Mali’s Tuareg rebels will press on with their bid to take over the country’s north, which sparked a coup by soldiers angry at the government’s handling of the conflict, a statement on their website said.
They “will continue the offensive to dislodge the Malian army and its administration from all the towns of Azawad”...
Soldiers loot palace as democratic Mali falls in coup
Drunk soldiers looted Mali’s presidential palace hours after they declared a coup on Thursday, suspending the constitution and dissolving the institutions of one of the few established democracies in this troubled corner of Africa.
The whereabouts of the country’s 63-year-old president Amadou Toumani Toure, who was just one month away from stepping...
Kenya Airways diverts flights after coup in Mali
Kenya Airways said it has diverted its flights from Dakar, Senegal to Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso following news of a coup de’ etat in Mali.
In a statement issued in Nairobi on Thursday, the national carrier said its flight KQ 513- a Boeing 737-700 which was en route to Bamako in Mali was diverted 30 minutes from the capital city of Mali on Wednesday...
Soldiers loot Mali presidency after ousting leader
Soldiers looted the presidential palace Thursday of one of the few established democracies in this corner of Africa, hours after ousting Mali’s president just one month before he was due to step down at the end of his legal term.
Gunfire could be heard ringing throughout the capital and soldiers were seen carting televisions and other goods out...
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