Malian President resigns after country’s second coup under one year

The detained Malian interim President, Bah N’Daw, resigned on Wednesday in the country’s second coup in less than one year.

The military led by Col. Assimi Goita had in August last year toppled President Ibrahim Boubacar.

The interim President had sacked Prime Minister Moctar Ouane a few hours before his own resignation.

The two men, who were arrested this week, are currently detained at a military base outside the capital, Bamako.

READ ALSO: Mali’s political crisis deepens as military arrests President, two others

The resignation of the President, who handed his letter to the vice president of the transitional government, Col. Goita, has plunged the troubled West African nation into further instability.

Officials told journalists the leader of an 18-month civilian transitional government’s resignation came as representatives of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) were in Mali to mediate in the political crisis.

The United Nations, the African Union, and other international bodies, as well as the United States, had earlier urged the military to release the two men.

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now