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Christian Klatt

@chk2310

18/08/2022: Today marks the 24months of Transition in #Mali. Happened in the last two years? Maybe a good moment to look back. A short🧵1/

18/08/2020: the Conseil Nationale pour le Salut de Peuple #CNSP forces president #IBK to step down as president. The months before saw thousands of Malians demonstrating against the regime IBK on the streets of #Bamako 2/

In the weeks after the #coup the military junta around Assimi #Goita received good will from international partners, while being celebrated by the Malian population. The junta reassured that they only aimed for the removal of IBK and would honour all international arrangements 3/

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Christian Klatt

@chk2310

What can we take away from the happenings in #Kati this morning and the attacks yesterday in different parts of the #Mali?
A short thread /

Since the beginning of the 2022 #FAMa is doing extensive military operations in the center of Mali. Most likely with Russian support. Official communication celebrates these missions and promises a swift end of the insecurity 2/

Meanwhile Malian and international #humanrights activists criticise the violence against the civilian population in these areas as well as the sustainability of these engagements 3/

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Christian Klatt

@chk2310

Shootings in Kati, not far from #Bamako in the early morning ours of friday. Unclear what's going on. Yesterday we saw several coordinated attacks on different military installations by armed groups in some regions of #Mali. This could be part of it but nothing knows yet.

https://twitter.com/MoustaphaSalehh/status/1550372215471865857

https://twitter.com/SimNasr/status/1550382866118369280

Looks like the presidential palace from Assimi #Goita is also under attack. This all seems not good.

https://twitter.com/SimNasr/status/1550382866118369280

So far it is very unclear what is happening in #Kati, just several km outside of #Bamako. Both a potential coup and an attack are both being discussed as possibilities. Lots of rumours floating around without anything substantial besides shaky camera videos.

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Thomas van Linge

@ThomasVLinge

#Mali 🇲🇱 BREAKING: a mutiny is under way in the #Kati military camp outside #Bamako. This camp was where the 2012 coup was launched, leading some to fear another coup might be happening today af.reuters.com/article/africa…

#Mali 🇲🇱: footage reported to be from #Bamako today. Soldiers can be seen speeding down the road, cheered on by civilians. For weeks mass protests have been taking place against president #Keita