Malian soldiers, led by a group of five colonels, forced President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta to step down in a bloodless coup on 18 August. His removal followed weeks of mass street protests involving tens of thousands of Malians calling for his resignation. A turning point in the protests occurred on 10 July when protesters ransacked and set fire to government buildings and the security forces responded with live fire, killing at least 11 people.

The protests were led by a new opposition coalition composed of civil society organisations, religious groups, and opposition parties, known as the 5 June Movement-Rally of Patriotic Forces (Mouvement du 5 juin-Rassemblement des forces patriotiques: M5-RFP). The trigger for the mass protests and subsequent galvanisation by the M5-RFP came in April when the Constitutional Court overturned legislative election results in 31 constituencies in favour of the ruling Rally for Mali (Rassemblement pour le Mali: RPM) party.

Malian soldiers, led by a group of five colonels, forced President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta to step down in a bloodless coup on 18 August. His removal followed weeks of mass street protests involving tens of thousands of Malians calling for his resignation. A turning point in the protests occurred on 10 July when protesters ransacked and set fire to government buildings and the security forces responded with live fire, killing at least 11 people.

The protests were led by a new opposition coalition composed of civil society organisations, religious groups, and opposition parties, known as the 5 June Movement-Rally of Patriotic Forces (Mouvement du 5 juin-Rassemblement des forces patriotiques: M5-RFP). The trigger for the mass protests and subsequent galvanisation by the M5-RFP came in April when the Constitutional Court overturned legislative election results in 31 constituencies in favour of the ruling Rally for Mali (Rassemblement pour le Mali: RPM) party.

Malian soldiers, led by a group of five colonels, forced President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta to step down in a bloodless coup on 18 August. His removal followed weeks of mass street protests involving tens of thousands of Malians calling for his resignation. A turning point in the protests occurred on 10 July when protesters ransacked and set fire to government buildings and the security forces responded with live fire, killing at least 11 people.

The protests were led by a new opposition coalition composed of civil society organisations, religious groups, and opposition parties, known as the 5 June Movement-Rally of Patriotic Forces (Mouvement du 5 juin-Rassemblement des forces patriotiques: M5-RFP). The trigger for the mass protests and subsequent galvanisation by the M5-RFP came in April when the Constitutional Court overturned legislative election results in 31 constituencies in favour of the ruling Rally for Mali (Rassemblement pour le Mali: RPM) party.

Malian soldiers, led by a group of five colonels, forced President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta to step down in a bloodless coup on 18 August. His removal followed weeks of mass street protests involving tens of thousands of Malians calling for his resignation. A turning point in the protests occurred on 10 July when protesters ransacked and set fire to government buildings and the security forces responded with live fire, killing at least 11 people.

The protests were led by a new opposition coalition composed of civil society organisations, religious groups, and opposition parties, known as the 5 June Movement-Rally of Patriotic Forces (Mouvement du 5 juin-Rassemblement des forces patriotiques: M5-RFP). The trigger for the mass protests and subsequent galvanisation by the M5-RFP came in April when the Constitutional Court overturned legislative election results in 31 constituencies in favour of the ruling Rally for Mali (Rassemblement pour le Mali: RPM) party.

Malian soldiers, led by a group of five colonels, forced President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta to step down in a bloodless coup on 18 August. His removal followed weeks of mass street protests involving tens of thousands of Malians calling for his resignation. A turning point in the protests occurred on 10 July when protesters ransacked and set fire to government buildings and the security forces responded with live fire, killing at least 11 people.

The protests were led by a new opposition coalition composed of civil society organisations, religious groups, and opposition parties, known as the 5 June Movement-Rally of Patriotic Forces (Mouvement du 5 juin-Rassemblement des forces patriotiques: M5-RFP). The trigger for the mass protests and subsequent galvanisation by the M5-RFP came in April when the Constitutional Court overturned legislative election results in 31 constituencies in favour of the ruling Rally for Mali (Rassemblement pour le Mali: RPM) party.

Malian soldiers, led by a group of five colonels, forced President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta to step down in a bloodless coup on 18 August. His removal followed weeks of mass street protests involving tens of thousands of Malians calling for his resignation. A turning point in the protests occurred on 10 July when protesters ransacked and set fire to government buildings and the security forces responded with live fire, killing at least 11 people.

The protests were led by a new opposition coalition composed of civil society organisations, religious groups, and opposition parties, known as the 5 June Movement-Rally of Patriotic Forces (Mouvement du 5 juin-Rassemblement des forces patriotiques: M5-RFP). The trigger for the mass protests and subsequent galvanisation by the M5-RFP came in April when the Constitutional Court overturned legislative election results in 31 constituencies in favour of the ruling Rally for Mali (Rassemblement pour le Mali: RPM) party.