Malian soldiers who forced the President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to resign have explained their action. Keita resigned and dissolved parliament as soldiers detained him at gunpoint.
Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resigned on Tuesday and dissolved parliament hours after mutinying soldiers detained him at gunpoint, plunging a country already facing a jihadist insurgency and mass protests deeper into crisis. Looking tired and wearing a surgical mask, Keita resigned in a brief address broadcast on state television after troops seized him along with Prime Minister Boubou Cisse and other top officials.