Mali Coup

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  Military Rule Is On The Rise In Africa - Nothing Good Came From It In The Past

  In the last few years, there has been a spate of military coups in Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Sudan and Guinea. Military rule, long dormant in African politics, is back.

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  African Union Suspends Niger Over Coup as 12 troops Die In New Attack

  The African Union said Tuesday it had suspended Niger until civilian rule in the country is restored.

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  African Union Suspends Mali After Second Coup In 9 Months

  The African Union announced it was suspending Mali with immediate effect and threatened the impoverished country with sanctions, after a second military coup in nine months.

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  Mali Military Frees President, Prime Minister

  Mali's interim president and premier have been released, a military official said Thursday, three days after they were detained and stripped of their powers in what appeared to be the country's second coup in nine months.

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  Mali President Announces Resignation On State TV After Military Coup

  Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita announced his resignation with immediate effect in the early hours of Wednesday morning, a day after rebel soldiers launched a coup.

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  Mali's President Announces Resignation After Rebel Troops Launch Coup

  Mali's president said he was resigning to avoid "bloodshed" early Wednesday, hours after his arrest by troops in a sudden coup that followed a months-long political crisis in the fragile West African nation.

• Former Prime Minister favourite for president as Malians vote to end crisis

  Former Prime Minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was the favourite to win a presidential election on Sunday that Malians hope will restore stability in a country torn apart by last year's coup and Islamist insurgency.

• Mali heads to the polls to elect new president

  Malians will go to the polls Sunday in their millions for a president expected to usher in a new era of peace and democracy in the first election since a military coup upended one of the region's most stable democracies.

• Mali heads to polls for 'fresh start' vote

  Voters in Mali headed to the polls on Sunday in a presidential election it is hoped will the provide a fresh start to a country divided by a coup and a war in its desert north.

• Mali gets new Prime Minister after forced ouster

  Mali's interim President has named a replacement Prime Minister after soldiers behind a coup earlier this year forced out his predecessor and placed him under house arrest, provoking international condemnation.

• Mali gets new Prime Minister after forced ouster

  Mali's interim president has named a replacement prime minister after soldiers behind a coup earlier this year forced out his predecessor and placed him under house arrest, provoking international condemnation.

• After outcry, Mali junta releases 22 detainees

  The junta that seized power in a coup last month announced late on Thursday that it had released 22 people whose arrests earlier this week had prompted international criticism.

• Ancient Islamic city of Timbuktu under attack

  Booms from rocket launchers and automatic gunfire crackled on Sunday around Mali's fabled town of Timbuktu, known as an ancient seat of Islamic learning, for its 700-year-old mud mosque and, more recently, as host of the musical Festival in the Desert that attracted Bono in January.

• Mali state TV goes off air; fear of countercoup

  Television screens throughout Mali momentarily went black on Friday, as residents near the building housing the state broadcaster saw troops erecting barricades, fearing a possible countercoup a day after a military takeover.

• Mali soldiers claim to oust regime in coup

  Renegade Mali soldiers on Thursday claimed they had seized power from an "incompetent regime," announcing on television they had suspended the constitution and dissolved state institutions.