Mali's President announces his resignation hours after his reported arrest in a suspected coup
The president said he had little choice to avoid any bloodshed, and the country's national assembly and government would now be dissolved.Troops arrested the president and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse in a suspected coup earlier Tuesday, according to the chairman of the African Union.Moussa Faki Mahamat condemned news of the arrests, in a tweet posted Tuesday.
— Moussa Faki Mahamat August 18, 2020 He added that he called on"the mutineers to cease all use of violence," and asked the international community to oppose any use of force.The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting to discuss the situation on Wednesday, two UN diplomat sources told CNN on Tuesday.The UN talks were requested by France and Niger, according to the diplomatic sources.
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