{"id":88335,"date":"2020-08-19T11:56:13","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T03:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=88335"},"modified":"2020-08-19T11:56:14","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T03:56:14","slug":"update1-mali-president-announces-resignation-after-military-coup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=88335","title":{"rendered":"Update1: Mali president announces resignation after military coup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Mali-president-announces-resignation-after-military-coup.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Mali-president-announces-resignation-after-military-coup.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>BAMAKO, Aug 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Mali\u2019s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita announced his resignation with immediate effect in the early hours of<br>Wednesday morning, a day after rebel soldiers launched a coup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an address on state television, the 75-year-old also said that both the<br>government and Mali\u2019s national assembly would be dissolved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI would like at this precise moment, while thanking the Malian people for<br>their support throughout these long years and the warmth of their affection, to tell you of my decision to relinquish my duties,\u201d Keita said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement comes after rebel soldiers detained both Keita and his<br>prime minister, Boubou Cisse, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also comes after months of political tensions and sometimes-lethal<br>protests in the Sahel state. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BAMAKO, Aug 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Mali\u2019s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita announced his resignation with immediate effect in the early hours ofWednesday morning, a day after rebel soldiers launched a coup. In an address on state television, the 75-year-old also said that both thegovernment and Mali\u2019s national assembly would be dissolved. \u201cI would like at this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":88337,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88335"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/88337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}