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Malians supporting the recent overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita gather to celebrate in the capital Bamako, Mali Friday, Aug. 21, 2020. Hundreds marched in the streets of Mali's capital Friday to celebrate the overthrow of Keita, as the West African country's longtime political opposition backed the military's junta plan to eventually hand over power to a civilian transitional government. Placards in French read "Long live Mali, Long live the CNSP", the french acronym for the junta calling themselves the National Committee for the Salvation of the People, and "We ask ECOWAS to respect the will of the Malian people". (AP Photo)
Thousands in Mali's capital welcome president's downfall

By Baba Ahmed Aug. 21, 2020 01:17 PM EDT

Malian troops and citizens gather outside the private residence of Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in Bamako, Mali Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. Mutinous soldiers surrounded the private residence of Keita on Tuesday, firing shots into the air and a West African regional official confirmed that the president and prime minister had been detained, following several months of demonstrations calling for his resignation. (AP Photo)
Mali's president announces resignation after armed mutiny

By Baba Ahmed And Krista Larson Aug. 18, 2020 08:37 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2019, file photo, Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, at the United Nations headquarters. In a televised midnight speech, Keita promised early Thursday, July 9, 2020, to reform the country's constitutional court in a bid to quell another round of protests calling for his resignation. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
Mali opposition dismiss latest gesture by W. African leaders

By Baba Ahmed Jul. 27, 2020 07:01 PM EDT

In this photo taken Friday, June 26, 2020, recovering coronavirus patient Harandane Toure, a teacher in his 50s, poses for a photo in his house in Timbuktu, Mali. Toure started taking malaria pills when he first spiked a fever but his illness only worsened. Doctors then told him he is among the hundreds now infected by the coronavirus in this town long fabled for how inaccessible it is from the rest of the world. (AP Photo/Sidi Yahia)
COVID-19 cases mount at the ends of the Earth in Timbuktu

By Baba Ahmed Jul. 01, 2020 03:06 AM EDT