Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse were detained on Tuesday by mutinying soldiers in the capital Bamako, a West African regional official said. 1/3:Je condamne énergiquement l'arrestation du President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, le Premier Ministre et autres membres du Gouvernement maliens et appelle à leur libération immédiate. Mali's president was believed to be sheltering with the prime minister at the private residence in Bamako's Sebenikoro neighbourhood. Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita is shown on June 30 at the G5 Sahel summit in Mauritania. The Economic Community of West African States said it "calls on the soldiers to return to their barracks."

Source: CBC News August 18, 2020 17:32 UTC