Coup in Mali Ousted its President Amadou Toumani Toure

Mar 27, 2012, 17:33 IST

International Current Affairs 2012. Rebel troops in Mali ousted its President Amadou Toumani Toure on 22 March 2012. They blamed the government for faling to curb Tuareg insurgency

Rebel troops in Mali ousted its President Amadou Toumani on 22 March 2012. The ousted president Amadou Toumani Toure was due to leave office after elections on 29 April 2012.

The rebels blamed the government for failing to control an ethnic Tuareg insurgency in the Northern part of Mali. The Tuareg insurgency includes fighters who supported Mummar Gaddafi in Libya.

The army leaders who staged the coup called themselves the National Committee for the Reestablishment of Democracy and the Restoration of the State (CNRDR).
USA suspended military aid and other funds directed to Mali’s government in its response to military coup in Mali.  It called for immediate restoration of constitutional rule.

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