Tension In Mali As Military Attempts Coup d’état

Tension In Mali As Military Attempts Coup d’état

The eight largest country and most strategic French colony in Africa is currently in turmoil.

BlackBox Nigeria gathered from multiple sources that Military coup leaders arrested Foreign Affairs and Finance Ministers and the Chief of General Staff in capital Bamako.

The coup is staged against the French backed president Bobucar Keita.

Sources disclosed that Colonel Diaw is the leader of the ongoing coup d’état in the capital.

It was also gathered that several high-ranking politicians and officials have been arrested, including the Minister of Finance Abdoulaye Daffe and the chief of staff of the National Guard.

Meanwhile, soldiers took up arms in Kati and began arresting senior military officers.

 

The national radio station ORTM has been evacuated. According to ORTM employees, a column of possible putschists is said to be on its way to the station.

The French Embassy in the West African country was quick to react, urging people to stay inside their homes.

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