Mali president and PM ‘arrested,’ says mutiny leader

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Malian troopers are celebrated as they arrive on the Indipendence sq. in Bamako (AFP)

BAMAKO: Mutineering troopers in Mali on Tuesday detained President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse, certainly one of their leaders mentioned.

“We are able to let you know that the president and the prime minister are below our management,” the chief, who requested anonymity, informed AFP.

He added that the pair had been “arrested” at Keita’s residence within the capital Bamako.

Earlier, troopers launched a mutiny from the close by garrison city of Kati.

One other navy official, who additionally declined to be named, mentioned the president and prime minister had been in an armoured automobile en path to Kati.

Source: Unfold Times

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Joel Cholo Brooks is a Liberian journalist who previously worked for several international news outlets including the BBC African Service. He is the CEO of the Global News Network which publishes two local weeklies, The Star and The GNN-Liberia Newspapers. He is a member of the Press Union Of Liberia (PUL) since 1986, and several other international organizations of journalists, and is currently contributing to the South Africa Broadcasting Corporation as Liberia Correspondent.

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