Posted by E.L.E.X on August 18 2020 under News
We had reported that soldiers on earlier on Tuesday rounded up senior government and military officers in Kati town and elsewhere.
There are scenes of thousands of citizens cheering the ouster.
Crowds are jubilating at Independence Square in Bamako, Mali, and other places.
For more nearly three months, demonstrations demanding for Keitaβs resignation were held.
Dozens lost their lives, a situation that worsened the crisis.
Keitaβs removal comes amid the intervention by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
Leaders met late July but failed to achieve a truce.
ECOWAS insists it could no order a sitting president to vacate office.
In July, the United Nations (UN), European Union (EU), African Union (AU) condemned governmentβs use of lethal force on protesters.
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