Colonel Assimi Goita speaks to the press at the Malian Ministry of Defence in Bamako, Mali, on August 19, 2020 after confirming his position as the president of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP). - The military junta that took power in Mali on August 19, 2020, asked that the population resume "its activities" and cease "vandalism" the day after the coup that ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and his government. (Photo by MALIK KONATE / AFP)
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Malian army officer Colonel Assimi Goita announced himself on Wednesday as the coup leader who overthrew President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.


“Let me introduce myself, I am colonel Assimi Goita, chairman of the National Committee for the salvation of the People,” he said after meeting top civil servants.

The colonel had appeared among a group of officers seen on television overnight Tuesday-Wednesday to announce the takeover, but did not speak.

Coup chiefs meanwhile called on the public to return to normal life, warned against acts of “vandalism” and threatened to punish any soldier found guilty of extortion.


But they made no reference to the detained leaders or their whereabouts.

The dramatic events in one of Africa’s most volatile countries began early Tuesday, when rebel officers mutinied at a base near Bamako and headed into the city, where they detained Keita and Cisse.

Hours later, Keita – beset by angry protests over economic stagnation, corruption and a brutal Islamist insurgency — announced his resignation.


He said he had been given no other choice but to quit, and sought to avoid bloodshed.


Jubilant crowds had cheered the rebels on Tuesday as they arrived in the capital Bamako.

(AFP)

Hard men them.Coup is no longer desirable but the power-desperate mindset of many a African leader even under democracy tends to make it a welcome idea.

We the watching crew are on top pepper tree watching with keen interest

Not Col Daiw afterall...

Damn nigga


isoright



all the military men in Nigeria are fake niggas, how I wish that they will do the same to the old dullard in Aso rock

As e dey hot
21st century coup

Democracy is failing in most part of Africa, the military have also failed too.

Africa should be heaven on Earth if toh say most of our military personnel wey take charge get sense.

We need to create the type of government that will suit us, cause European and American political system wey we dey copy is totally failing in West and Central Africa.

rag tag boys teaching politicians how to act decisively

The man looked like rebel....

Goita overthrew Keita as the head of the Junta.
Interesting.

I don't blame these guys. If only the democratically elected government was good, the army won't have time for this. The only reason this is not happening in Nigeria is because the army here has been purchased and pocketed. A real army won't fold hands and watch the way things are going on in Nigeria. Our army here is counterfeit.

I don't support coup but if this is what we need in Africa so our politicians can wake up to their responsibilities, then so be it. Africa's suffering and underdevelopment is too much and something needs to change.

Lala Africa needs to pray...

List is growing... Sudan.... Mali.......

Africa my continent.

ThatFairGuy:
Africa my continent.

Not much difference between democracy and military rule in many countries.... Nigeria is a case study.....

The worst civilian rule is better than the best military rule.

samuelson06:
I don't blame these guys. If only the democratically elected government was good, the army won't have time for this. The only reason this is not happening in Nigeria is because the army here has been purchased and pocketed. A real army won't fold hands and watch the way things are going on in Nigeria. Our army here is counterfeit.

I don't support coup but if this is what we need in Africa so our politicians can wake up to their responsibilities, then so be it. Africa's suffering and underdevelopment is too much and something needs to change.

Very true, they will not Mynd there business....
Excesses of elected leaders is so much....

Jibrin on the run

Revolution without ideology is a new face to the same problem

I will never understand a colonel taking over the government ahead of a brigadier general... madness shaa

NnadyAutos:
The worst civilian rule is better than the best military rule.

Not when the country is tending towards anarchy.....
One of the statutory responsibilities of military is to defend the nation....

bigtt76:
I will never understand a colonel taking over the government ahead of a brigadier general... madness shaa

Coup doesnot follow known pattern....

Omooba77:


Not when the country is tending towards anarchy.....
One of the statutory responsibilities of military is to defend the nation....

The worst civilian rule is better than the best military rule, anarchy or not.

The waves of coup de etat in Africa seems to be gradually coming back.Democracy have failed in a lot of nations.

UdechiHD:
The worst civilian rule is better than the best military rule, anarchy or not.

Democracy thrives when there is freedom.....

Racoon:
The waves of coup de etat in Africa seems to be gradually coming back.Democracy have failed in a lot of nations.

Most Africa Rulers are not different from military dictators..
.

But coup cant happen in Nigeria......

Abi? The brigadier general life might even be at risk if he doesn't support them and or retire from service. If den wan wicked am, they will refuse and insist on him remaining and be saluting them

Omooba77:


Coup doesnot follow known pattern....

Assimi Goitre. Smh.

Watch and see how they perform worse than the government they overthrew.

bigtt76:
Abi? The brigadier general life might even be at risk if he doesn't support them and or retire from service. If den wan wicked am, they will refuse and insist on him remaining and be saluting them

Those guys are delicate....Everybody must fall in....

Ishilove:
Assimi Goitre. Smh.

Watch and see how they perform worse than the government they overthrew.

They go fill their pockets first....
Africa should evolve to make electioneering transparent as much as possible... It will reduce corruption, because anybody can be voted out, but sit tight breed nepotism....