Mali soldiers say they have seized power

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Mali soldiers say they have seized power

BAMAKO — A group of renegade Mali soldiers said on Thursday they had seized power from an “incompetent regime,” announcing on television the dissolution of state institutions and suspension of the constitution.

By (AFP)

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Published: Thu 22 Mar 2012, 11:46 AM

Last updated: Fri 3 Apr 2015, 12:00 PM

The spokesperson of the soldiers, calling themselves the National Committee for the Establishment of Democracy, said they had acted due to government’s “incapacity” to handle an insurrection in the north of the country.


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