Mutinous troops in Mali seize country’s president and several government ministers

The President of Mali has today announced his resignation, hours after mutinous soldiers fired shots into the air outside his home before detaining him and the country’s prime minister.   Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, 75, was seized in a dramatic escalation of a months-long crisis in the fragile West African country. Prime Minister Boubou Cisse was also seized, say … Read more