Conflict coverage · Central Sahel

May 2021 coup — Goïta consolidates

24 May 2021Key eventEssential

PoliticalLeadership changeState authority and military rule

Goïta removes the civilian transition president and prime minister he had installed nine months earlier and assumes the presidency himself.

Why it mattersThe "coup within the coup" ended any pretence of rapid civilian return, triggered ECOWAS sanctions and the rupture with France — and opened the door to Moscow.

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