Conflict coverage · Central Sahel

August 2020 coup

18 Aug 2020Key eventKati / Bamako

PoliticalLeadership changeState authority and military rule

After months of mass protests against insecurity and disputed elections, officers from Kati depose President Keïta. Colonel Assimi Goïta emerges at the head of the junta.

Why it mattersSecurity failure once again consumed the civilian order. The coup began the transition-that-isn't: five years on, the officers of August 2020 still govern.

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