Mali's latest crisis: What do we know?

Bamako (AFP) May 28, 2021

Malian Colonel Assimi Goita triggered a diplomatic storm this week by detaining the war-torn Sahel state's president and prime minister and stripping them of their powers. It marked the second apparent military coup in Mali within one year. President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane had led a caretaker government installed after military officers deposed elected president Ibrah