Malian President Announces Resignation, Parliament Dissolution

Malian President Announces Resignation, Parliament Dissolution
Wednesday 19 August 2020 - 12:10

Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita said in a speech broadcast on state television that he was resigning a few hours after mutineers detained him Tuesday.

In a televised address he said he was also dissolving the government and parliament, adding: “I want no blood to be spilled to keep me in power.”

The Mali mutiny began at a military base near the capital, Bamako.

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