Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resigns after detention by military
Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resigned on Tuesday and dissolved parliament hours after mutinying soldiers detained him at gunpoint, plunging a country already facing a jihadist insurgency and mass protests deeper into crisis.
Aug 19, 2020, 11:28 AM ISTMutinying soldiers detain Mali president and PM, worsening crisis
Keita`s detention at his residence in southwestern Bamako followed hours of uncertainty after soldiers mutinied in the morning at the Kati military base outside Bamako and rounded up a number of senior civilian officials and military officers.
Aug 19, 2020, 01:00 AM ISTFrench President Macron stresses on combating Jihadi threat
France has suffered multiple attacks by Islamist militants in the past two years losing 230 civilians.
May 20, 2017, 10:17 AM ISTUN to deploy rapid intervention force in central Mali
Rapid intervention force of Senegalese troops will soon be deployed in central Mali
May 18, 2017, 08:48 AM ISTMali car bomb kills 50 in fresh blow to peace efforts
The group of Algerian jihadist and al Qaeda ally Mokhtar Belmokhtar claimed responsibility, in a statement, for the suicide bombing.
Jan 19, 2017, 11:25 AM ISTMali car bomb kills 50 in fresh blow to peace
President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita ordered three days of national mourning following the attack, the worst in the country in recent years.
Jan 18, 2017, 21:30 PM ISTMali president to bestow medals on hotel assault victims
Officials have yet to identify the two assailants killed in the attack, whose photographs were broadcast on state media Monday.
Nov 26, 2015, 00:52 AM ISTMali declares 10-day state of emergency following hotel attack
The emergency was declared following a jihadist attack on a hotel in the capital Bamako that left least 27 people dead.
Nov 21, 2015, 10:06 AM IST