2021 Malian coup d'état

The 2021 Malian coup d'état began on the night of 24 May 2021 when the Malian Army led by Vice President Assimi Goïta captured President Bah N'daw, Prime Minister Moctar Ouane and Minister of Defence Souleymane Doucouré. Assimi Goïta, the head of the junta that led the 2020 Malian coup d'état, announced that N'daw and Ouane were stripped of their powers and that new elections would be held in 2022. It is the country's third coup d'état in ten years, following the 2012 and 2020 military takeovers, with the latter having happened only nine months earlier.

2021 Malian coup d'état
Part of the Mali War and the Coup Belt
Date24 May 2021 (2021-05-24)
Location
Mali
Result

Coup d'état successful

  • Resignation of interim president Bah Ndaw and prime minister Moctar Ouane
  • Vice President Assimi Goïta named interim President by Constitutional Court of Mali
  • Mali suspended from ECOWAS, La Francophonie and the African Union
  • Choguel Kokalla Maïga named interim prime minister
  • France suspends joint military operations and national advisory missions with the Malian military from 3 June to 3 July 2021
Belligerents
Government of Mali Malian Armed Forces
Commanders and leaders
Bah N'daw
Moctar Ouane
Souleymane Doucouré
Assimi Goïta
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