Mali’s president, prime minister arrested in military coup | via nytimes
DAKAR, Senegal — Mali’s military staged a coup and arrested the country’s president Tuesday, after weeks of unrest that convulsed the West African nation, diplomats said.
Hundreds of protesters gathered at Bamako’s Independence Square, blowing vuvuzelas and revving motorcycles in what appeared to be a spontaneous demonstration.Mali has been in crisis since 2012, when rebels and jihadis took control of the country’s north. Despite the intervention of foreign forces and United Nations peacekeepers, the unrest has spread.
Attempts at mediation by regional leaders, led by former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, had failed to dampen the protest movement. A government official said that he saw soldiers arrive in pickup trucks and arrest the finance minister in his office Tuesday morning, and local media reported that the president of the national assembly was taken from his home.
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