What the records say
- When
- 18 Aug 2020
- Kind
- Coup
- Coordinates
- 12.75° N, 8.07° W
- Description
- Malí golpe de estado 2020
2020 Malian coup d'état
Military overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta
On 18 August 2020, elements of the Malian Armed Forces began a mutiny, and subsequently undertook a coup d'état. Soldiers on pick-up trucks stormed the Soundiata military base in the town of Kati, where gunfire was exchanged before weapons were distributed from the armory and senior officers arrested.
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- Wikidata: treaties and coupsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Cline Center Coup d’État Project v2.2.2Cline Center for Advanced Social Research, University of Illinois · names it “Coup in Mali”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A mutiny in a military base by soldiers of the Malian Armed Forces develops into a coup d'état”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “En Mali, ocurre una rebelión militar por soldados de las Fuerzas Armadas de Malí se convierte en un golpe de Estado”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “الرئيس المالي إبراهيم أبو بكر كيتا يعلن استقالته وحل الحكومة بعد اعتقاله في انقلاب عسكري تبع أشهرًا من الاحتجاجات”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2020年馬里政變”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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