Thread by @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

#Mali 🇲🇱: another video from #Bamako showing military vehicles driving through the streets of the capital

#Mali 🇲🇱: the 2020 coup is a fact

#Mali 🇲🇱: celebrations erupt in #Bamako following the news that President #Keita and PM Cissé have been arrested by the military.

Very embarrassing scenes for the government, if there even is any at this point

#Mali 🇲🇱: soldiers are welcomed as liberators as they drive through the streets of #Bamako. The capital witnessed mass protests against president #Keita these past weeks.

This coup just put the international community in a very tough position

#Mali 🇲🇱: jubilant protesters greeting coup soldiers.

Really says something about the popularity of the #Keita presidency

#Mali 🇲🇱: protesters have broken into the villa of karim #Keita (son of the president) and are having a pool party in the backyard

#Mali 🇲🇱 BREAKING: President Ibrahim Boubacar #Keitar (#IBK) has just appeared on state-tv to announce his resignation and the dissolution of the National Assembly.

The 2020 coup is complete.

*Keita (goddamn autocorrect)

#Mali 🇲🇱: the 2020 coup didn't come out of nowhere, it was preceded by controversial elections, mass protests, and the National Assembly going up into flames.

Check out this timeline of events in the country from late March to yesterday aje.io/ws34k

#Mali 🇲🇱: as #ECOWAS leaders meet in order to discuss steps to isolate the Malian junta the country's political opposition rushes to its side to demonstrate the coup had (some) popular support af.reuters.com/article/topNew…